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Impressive instrumental mastery and good rapport. But both performances are dogged by a recorded balance which places Nakamatsu's forceful piano playing in the foreground, at the expense of... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Manasse and Nakamatsu find an expressiveness in the music that is rather haunting...[Manasse's] tone is consistently ravishing, and he always plays with an exciting sense of musical direction... — International Record Review, December 2010 More…

This is altogether a most enjoyable disc, beautifully played and recorded, with the three players joining together to make a perfect ensemble. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2014 More…

In style [Manasse] is an arch-romantic in his interpretations of both these concertos...[his] shading of dynamic is most beautiful with a breathtaking pianissimo in the reprise of the main theme... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2010 More…

both works receive performances that understand and warmly identify with Brahms's intentions: the playing is expressive and there is an obvious love of the music throughout. The Tokyo Quartet... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…