"... These are warm, intimate performances of the three violin sonatas.  Tasmin Little and Piers Lane play with easy intimacy and unity of purpose that come from often collaborating.  They draw lovely sounds from their instruments, and they are recorded in clear, warm sound..."

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“Rarely have I heard such unanimity of ensemble on disc. Tasmin Little and Piers Lane’s fluid yet flexible approach to rubato and tempo fluctuation can only have been achieved after years of rehearsing together and exchanging musical ideas. Little’s intense and warm vibrato is matched by Lane’s wonderfully rich piano with its emphasis on the bass register, ideally suited to Brahms…”

“…in all the sonatas, much of it has a feeling of intimacy, of something personal being shared…”

“… Little relishes the many instances of Brahm’s writing in the violin’s alto register and Lane is always responsive to the violin’s colourings and shadings, fining his sound right down whenever needed…”

“… The third sonata is the finest performance of the three, with Little infinitely touching in the Adagio and a wonderful Scherzo from both musicians …” ****

“… these are lively, alive, impassioned and searching account … At no point during this recital does one suspect these artists being fazed by the red light being on, a marriage of keen preparation and concert-hall spontaneity.” ****