PRESS
‘The Fidelio Trio, a London-based Irish-peopled ensemble whom I and my composer friends hold close to sainthood for their determination to perform new works just as often as they can.’
Dame Judith Weir
‘They make what they do look all-too-effortless.’
San Francisco Classical Voice
‘The Fidelio Trio’s virtuosity is of a high order…’
BBC Music Magazine: Ravel and Saint-Saëns Piano Trios • Resonus Classics
‘In both works their interpretative touch is secure, their rapport instinctive. Together with their eloquence and passion, this all adds up to something special.’
BBC Music Magazine: Ravel and Saint-Saëns Piano Trios • Resonus Classics
'... the virtuosic Fidelio Trio’
The Sunday Times
‘…this superbly played collection of Irish trios.’
The Guardian
‘Memorably evoked by the Fidelio Trio here, whose spacious, deeply calm reading of this often very beautiful score is utterly bewitching.’
International Record Review
‘…the performances are a treat.’
Critic’s Choice, Gramophone
'The performances are absolutely wonderful...stylish virtuosity...instinctive brilliance...'
BBC Radio 3 Record Review
‘…one of the most compelling and electrifying discs I have heard in a long time.’
The Sunday Tribune
‘Ravel’s Piano Trio was a lyric upwelling…the Fidelio players brought it off superbly, and it was a joy’
The Sunday Times
‘Beautifully performed throughout, this is a terrific album’
BBC Music Magazine • 5 Stars
Gerald Barry In The Asylum, Mode Records
‘This kind of music is food and drink to the Fidelio Trio and it gives sure-footed, rhythmically alive, directly communicative performances of all three works’
International Record Review
The Piano Tuner, Delphian Records
‘The Fidelio Trio’s advocacy of British music continues with this disc of piano trios from Scottish (and Scottish-based) composers… …a thought-provoking release.’
Gramophone
The Piano Tuner, Delphian Records
'The Fidelio Trio comes with an expressive, elegant and sensitive performance of Korngold’s brilliant Trio op. 1 and provides a nice surprise with the Feuermann version of Schonberg’s ‘Transfigured Night’ in which the very few instruments create a special atmosphere'
Pizzicato • 5 Stars
Korngold and Schoenberg Trios, Naxos
‘…a brilliant performance by The Fidelio Trio…’
The Sunday Times
Michael Nyman Piano Trios, MN Records
‘The trio’s playing on this new CD of music by Rhona Clarke is outstanding’
MusicWeb International
Rhona Clarke Portrait Album Metier Divine Art
'Especially valuable here is the superbly articulate and memorably affectionate advocacy lent to the disarming Piano Trio ... this anthology yields copious rewards and can be welcomed without reservation.'
Gramophone (Editor's Choice)
E J Moeran Chamber Music, Resonus Classics
‘…with consummate musicianship. Chausson’s G minor work comes to brooding, intense life in their hands…’
The Guardian
Fauré, Chausson & Satie Piano Trios, Resonus Classics
‘It makes for compelling listening, not least in performances as dramatically bold and incisively detailed as on offer here from a Fidelio Trio on lucid and keenly expressive form.’
Journal of Music
‘The Fidelio Trio’s playing was deftly coloured and responsive down to the lightest shadows of vapour.’
The Irish Times
‘Their playing of these ‘new’ works on this present CD is remarkable… One of the best modern chamber music records I have heard in a long time.’
MusicWeb International
Dancing in Daylight Album Metier Divine Art
‘…produced a dazzling performance …’
Sunday Business Post
‘This is a bold and powerful recording, thoughtfully recorded, showing the young Fidelio Trio to be a force to be reckoned with.’
International Record Review
The Piano Tuner, Delphian Records