“There is much to admire here from the excellent Jerusalem Quartet. In Smetana's First Quartet there is the fine opening viola melody...The slow movements of the Janacek quartets are also carefully and thoughtfully played.” --Gramophone, March 2…
“The Janacek Chamber Orchestra is 11 or 12 players strong, but sounds larger. It produces a rich tone, with evident enthusiasm for the varied textures that all the composers require in different ways; and their idiomatic style, especially in the Jan…
You have to know how to pick 'em. String quartets transcribed for string orchestra aren't exactly the rarity they used to be, either on disc or in concert, but most of them (starting with Mahler) focus on the chestnuts of the classical perio…
“This blissfully unhackneyed and brilliantly executed recital takes memory in all its facets as its theme...the recording throughout gives the players all the space and atmosphere they need to characterise the varied moods and textures of an unusual…