Reviews of our most recent Beethoven recording: | |||||
| Experience has demonstrated to me that any new recording from the Gaudier Ensemble is cause for rejoicing. | |||||
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Comprising several of the founding members of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the outstanding pianist Susan Tomes, the Gaudier has become one of the world’s elite chamber ensembles. Here, they collect three of Beethoven’s smaller-scale works with wind instruments: the E flat Quintet (Op 16), for piano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, which the youngish composer modelled on Mozart; the B flat Trio (Op 11), for clarinet, cello and piano; and a rarity, the D major Serenade, for flute, violin and viola. My only cavil is that the superb Quintet is sandwiched between the relatively light Trio and the slight Serenade. But the performances are of superlative quality: sophisticated “conversations” between musicians of rare insight in works deserving wider circulation.
Four stars Hugh Canning | (Sunday Times May 21st,2006) | ||||
Reviews of our Schubert Octet recording: | |||||
| "a leading contender in a very competitive field.... The Gaudier Ensemble gives an eloquent performance bringing out the kaleidoscopic colours in the work and their technical command is superb" | |||||
| BBC record release on the Schubert Octet 2003 | |||||
"Glowing interpretations.... a superb performance" | |||||
| Gramophone Magazine May 2003 | |||||
"Consummate performances" | |||||
| Classic CD Magazine | |||||
"The performances throughout the disc perfectly complement the music's elegance" | |||||
| Fanfare magazine (USA) | |||||
"Throughout the programme the Gaudier Ensemble's playing is highly accomplished and sensitive" | |||||
| Gramophone magazine | |||||
"Consistently compelling" | |||||
| BBC Music Magazine | |||||
Weber Disc Released in May 2005 | |||||
| "The Gaudier's performances are thoroughly enjoyable: gracefully shaped, rhythmically exuberant and relishing the music's quirkiness and sense of fun " | |||||
| The Daily Telegraph | |||||
"The talented members of the pan-European Gaudier Ensemble are perfectly equipped to convey these different aspects of Weber's musical personality … With a top-quality recording, this is a disc which does full and thoroughly entertaining justice to a still underrated master" | |||||
| BBC Music Magazine |