Reviews

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Michael Bochmann has an exquisitely lyrical tone and he treated us to an endless flow of golden melody.     Daily Telegraph

Strong sense of musical purpose and incisive style.     Times

Here was all the richness of romantic tone and feeling, all the powerful big emotional drive and the all the serious and profound thinking that one could ask for.     Musical Opinion, Cheltenham Festival

Michael  Bochmann, in the Lark Ascending’, proves almost hypnotic in flights of ever more rapt serenity.     Fanfare, New Jersey USA

In the Elgar’s violin concerto he played the solo part supremely well in an experienced account. He integrated effortlessly.     Fürther Nachtrichten, Germany

The violin solo is exquisitely played with wonderful purity of tone by Michael Bochmann, the closing pianissimo seems to float in the still air.     Penguin Guide to Compact Discs

Bochmann plays with ease and a natural appreciation of its poetry. His tone is pure and steady, even at the stratospheric heights to which the lark takes him.     Gramophone

It was a smooth and energetic performance with Menuhin and Bochmann – looking like the Wizard of Oz with his heir apparent – weaving their musical magic.     Anchorage Daily News Alaska

This was Bach at its finest, played with an energy and excitement that gave this well known work a new freshness….a strong sense of direction and intensity, never sagging…heightening the continuous sense of tension and release.     The Oregonian USA

Bochmann captured the very spirit of Elgar’s Violin Concerto B minor, revealing a very personal and poetic approach.     Malvern Gazette   (Concert given at the Malvern Winter Gardens near Elgar’s birthplace)

Bochmann has a fine lyrical style, and, in all truth, I have not heard the Vivaldi Seasons played with greater distinction than this.     Richard Edmonds, Birmingham Post