Grieg Trio : Excerpts from reviews
"Sensitive and beguiling performances demonstrating great depth of feeling."
(Tchaikowsky /Smetana / Grieg, Simax Classics / Gramophone)
Where
to begin to praise these two interpretations? The passionate devotion,
the contrasts, the smooth legato, the melodic beauty, the elegance of
phrasing and quality of tone, the fluent approach to impetus and
withdrawal, the striking attacks in the Presto (Beethoven), the effusive
variety of colors in the variation movement (Tchaikowsky), the clear
transparency between piano and strings? Nothing less than enrapturing
...
Today, the three musicians are among the foremost representatives of chamber music in the world."
(Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung)
"Consummate virtuosity, compelling tonal nuances, near unsurpassable precision, and a most colorful expressive palette."
(Süddeutsche Zeitung)
"With
shouts of ‘bravo' and copious applause, the audience showed their
appreciation for a singularly beautiful and sensuous interpretation of
the Brahms trio."
(Hamburger Tageblatt)
"A recording that truly sets the standard!"
(Brahms Trios, Simax Classics / Fono Forum)
"Each
has a soloists command. Their collective sound at full throttle is
imposing, and their integration remained always an easy collective of
spontaneous musicianship."
(Kennedy Center / The Washington Post)
"All
three musicians are masters on their instruments and their ensemble is a
wonderful balance between individuality and shared love for music."
(Concertgebouw, Amsterdam / De Volkskrant)
"Chamber musical highlight of the season."
(Hamburger Morgenpost)
"Grieg Trio created a musical cosmos that left the audience spellbound."
(Menuhin Festival Gstaad / Berner Oberländer)
"This
is one of the finest performances of the Brahms Trios available. The
outstanding Norwegian Grieg Trio combines closely imagined playing with
an exciting physicality."
(Brahms Trios, Simax Classics / The Times)
"Small wonder they are one of the most talked-about groups on the world circuit. Top listening!"
(Auckland Daily News, New Zealand)
"Grieg Trio from Oslo was a real sensation."
(Saale Zeitung)
"Grieg Trio is an ensemble on it`s way towards world fame."
(Kissinger Sommer / Main Post)
"It`s
playing was everything one wants from a trio: precise, balanced,
beautifully nuanced and shaped in a way that lets a listener see into
the music rather than through it."
(Weill Hall Carnegie Hall / The New York Times)
"...with the vehemence and sweeping emotional range that are the hallmarks of world-class playing."
(Wigmore Hall, London / Daily Telegraph)
"I
must award first place to these new performances by the young Grieg
Trio. With true mastery of their instruments, a unified concept, and a
wonderful ability to give motion and variety to these scores, Anvik,
Sigerland and Flesjö produce two of the most engaging performances I
have ever heard of any chamber music."
(Mendelssohn Trios; Simax Classics / Fanfare)