PRESS REVIEWS

fanfare review for Jean Johnson
“British-American clarinettist Jean Johnson is nothing short of phenomenal.”

Fanfare Magazine

fanfare review for Jean Johnson
Gramophone review for Jean Johnson
“Brings out the expressive character of every phrase…exceptional leggiero playing…beautifully paced…style and spirit.”

Gramophone Magazine

Gramophone review for Jean Johnson
Scotsman review for Jean Johnson
“sense of freedom and flair…. Bounding with energy and purposeful intent”

The Scotsman Newspaper, Edinburgh

Scotsman review for Jean Johnson
The New York Times review for Jean Johnson
“…fine recording by the poised clarinetist Jean Johnson. Beautiful renditions of Brahms’s Clarinet Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 round out this lovely album.”

The New York Times

The New York Times review for Jean Johnson
Audiophile Audition review for Jean Johnson
“Her chastity and implied sensuality comes forth strongly in the ensuing A-flat Major Andante…Johnson’s playing strikes me as particularly seamless as well as piquant.”

Audiophile Audition

Audiophile Audition review for Jean Johnson
“Johnson plays with a personal intensity buttressed by selective use of vibrato. …easily communicates the late-autumn intimate sensibility.”

Concert Review

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