Onyx

this fabulous instrument hasn’t been played regularly for a century, so his achievement in coaxing it to life is impressive indeed. Like old wine, it has depth, complexity, unpredictability,... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

What This Silence, the Baudelaire Songs and the Elegy for viola and seven instruments show is that Turnage is often at his strongest when he surrenders to his lyrical impulses. His melodic... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Yeol Eum Son’s technique is formidable: she takes on the technical horrors of the Fantasie’s middle movement with breathtaking elegance and confidence. But when you’re as accomplished as she... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

I found the Fantasy, especially, remarkably convincing in its new guise. The transposition to cello...enhances the sense of virtuosity as Wispelwey triumphantly surmounts each hurdle...As expected... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2010 More…

As with the other discs in this complete Debussy survey, Rogé draws some lovely sounds from the piano — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 2 out of 5 stars More…

This debut reveals a sympathetic tone and an independent spirit which particularly suit the Schumann. Tempos are well-judged, with room for Pacini to explore the work's lyrical meditations.... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Mullova plays the glorious ‘Siciliano’ second movement beautifully, while tongue-in-cheek elaborations in the accompaniment lend a sense of uninhibited exuberance to the finale… The two orginal... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[The Mendelssohn is] a wonderfully uplifting outburst of high spirits, generously and elegantly formed. Wispelwey always brings such a range of texture to his articulation and such airy luminescence... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

These are beautifully expressive, thoughtful performances of two unalloyed masterpieces, presented with all the sonic excellence and distinction that we've come to expect from Onyx's series... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…