Britten & Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Violin Onyx

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“... Ehnes is brilliantly supported by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, with Kirill Karabits totally at one with the soloist. This superb performance is coupled with one of the finest modern performances of Shostakovich’s glorious A minor Concerto that I have ever heard.”

International Record Review - September 2013

“Karabits and Ehnes share a powerful idea of [the Britten’s] narrative, and each scene is vividly realisedKarabits draws searing clarity, balance and detail from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestrahis treatment of the Shostakovich Concerto is riveting”

BBC Music magazine - July 2013

“Ehnes is a very fine violinist and there is barely a moment here when his playing is anything but silken in tone and sinuously refined Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra make cultured colleagues but there is not much danger in their ostinato rhythms or edge to their attack.”

Gramophone magazine - August 2013

“... The partnership between Ehnes, Karabits and the BSO comes across as a true meeting of minds, and these outstanding performances cannot be recommended highly enough.”

The Daily Telegraph - 14 June 2013

“Everything hits the mark hereThe Britten has never opened with such cool poisethe stuff of record critics’ dreamsPossibly the greatest recording that this concerto has receivedEhnes’s Shostakovich is just as goodEssential listening.”

The ArtsDesk.com - 22 June 2013

“... it’s the way that James Ehnes closes the opening movement [of the Britten] that most impresses, essaying a gossamer thread of such subtlety it becomes almost transparent.”

The Independent - 10 May 2013

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