Download, Bloch, E (composer)

In the First Quintet Lane and the Goldners manage to communicate the urgency and immediacy of Bloch's musical argument… the opening passage projected with a frenzy that generates considerable... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Karp and conductor Kenneth Woods are attentive to detail, clarity and colour. There’s also no lack of expressive intensity when required, and I would rate this alongside the recordings by Steven... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2025 More…

Undoubtedly the most approachable music in this fascinating programme is Ligeti’s Sonata, already a firmly established favourite amongst cellists. Clein’s performance is exemplary, bringing... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

He takes the view that a noble reticence suits Elgar’s emotional world just as well as the huge intensity of Jacqueline du Pré, whose early recording he cites as an inspiration. Often this approach... — The Telegraph, 10th January 2020 More…

As one might expect, Clein delivers a powerfully committed performance, but also manages to avoid over-indulgence, negotiating the peaks and troughs of the music's volatile emotional language... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Whether in the dreaminess of Delius’s post-Fauréan miniatures, in the relentlessness of the hard-edged Klein, in the intimacy of the Mompou or in the ironic cheek of the stylised dances by Jaques-Dalcroze,... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2023 More…