“every once in a while an artist comes along to turn one’s long-held opinion on its head, and Jonathan Cohler is such an artist...extraordinary musical intelligence and technical wizardry”
—Fanfare

“This is a CD every clarinetist should have in their collection!”
—Paquito D'Rivera

“Cohler plays with a gorgeous sense of legato, and pianist Rasa Vitkauskaite is well-attuned to Schumann’s idiom…Cohler’s playing is exemplary—his control, phrasing, and technique are faultless…Cohler plays with a vibrant, supple sound colored by a light vibrato and reminiscent of that of the late Harold Wright….”
—Fanfare, Richard A. Kaplan

“I know of no finer recording of the Beethoven, and this one stands with the best classic versions of the Brahms.”
—Fanfare Magazine

“definitive interpretations... flawless performances... dazzling... sensitivity and grace... sparkling... a CD worthy of any collection”
—The Clarinet Magazine

Inhuman perfection
This astonishing performance blows away any and all previous recordings of this magnificent work... there is not a moment anywhere here where any performer fails to achieve transcendence.
—Michael Celbar, Amazon.com

INDIE Award Nominee
“Cohler's tone is in fact the single most gorgeous clarinet sound I know of... Cohler possesses such musical integrity and taste that everything he touches seems like the last word... Run, don't walk!"”
—Listener Magazine

Recording of the Month
“stunning... with charm and deep inner feeling... supreme musicality. 'An absolute knockout recording', as the composer himself declared... the most satisfying clarinet disc I've heard in quite a time... Sensitive, subtle, beautiful, refined”
—MusicWeb International

Best CDs of the Year
“The Brahms E flat Sonata is especially fine, capturing perfectly the tone of the master's later style and setting a standard of performance which is maintained throughout."
—BBC Music Magazine

Pick of the Month
“The finest in clarinet playing... A great disc!”
—Windplayer Magazine

3 Stars (top rating)
“master of an extraordinarily wide range of repertoire”
—The Penguin Guide