“A bold move, justified by the performances…Goldstone & Clemmow play with unflagging brio and style…artistry and commitment. Schubert is a composer especially dear to [the pianists’] hearts, and this shines out of all their performances.An invaluable disc.”
Bryce Morrison
Gramophone
“This is a fascinating disc. You won’t find such a collection anywhere else… historically informative and a must for fans of 18th and 19th century novelties.”
Chase Morrison
Music Web
“...a mind-blowing arrangement, for piano duet, of Schubert’s Trout Quintet… the arrangement is not just incredibly faithful to the text, as it were, of The Trout, but encapsulates the spirit of the entire piece. Glorious performance, splendid recording … fascinating collection of arrangements”. *****
Michael Tumelty
The Glasgow Herald
“...admirable playing… characterised by textural clarity, beautiful voicing and ensemble (and well projected in an excellently balanced recording… a finely conceived disc”
Crawford Howie
The Schubertian
“…[a] fascinating disc, beautifully recorded and thoroughly recommended. The performance is a joy to hear and I am certain that Schubert would have approved…. another joint triumph for the Divine Art’s unique piano duo.”
Denby Richards
Musical Opinion
“Czerny did a thoroughly professional job [on the Trout] – Poldini’s entertaining, over the top study … and Prokofiev’s piquant, glittering take on a sequence of waltzes… well worth hearing. Goldstone himself offers a skilful, sensitively harmonised realisation [of the D618a sketch]. Performances are always enjoyable.”
Richard Wigmore
BBC Music Magazine
“….a lively appreciation of Schubert at work…The version of the Trout… makes changes which without being too interventionist, suggest a composer’s imagination at work. Goldstone’s idiomatic realization of the Polonaise… [is] a conjectural reconstruction, and a convincing one”
John Warrack
International Record Review
“...[the string quintet movement] has a certain coolness which I found makes you listen in a different way without the screwing up of tension and intensity with strings vibrato. Goldstone and his wife partner (they have recorded all the legitimate Schubert duos) love it, and so do I. The main attraction of that fascinating collection of "Unauthorised Piano Duos" of Schubert was a version of the Trout Quintet without strings at all which really makes you sit up and listen, and is my strongly recommended preference [over the new Hyperion Trout]”
Peter Grahame Woolf
Musical Pointers
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