One of the few clarinettists to have established a busy international career as a soloist, Emma Johnson has performed across Europe, the USA and the Far East, as well as in Africa and Australia. In Britain she has achieved great popularity, regularly playing to sold-out concert halls as well as appearing at the top of the classical CD charts.

Emma Johnson has appeared as soloist with many leading orchestras, including London Symphony, Philharmonia, English Chamber Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, Salzburg Camerata and Netherlands Philharmonic, in venues such as the Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall and Kennedy Centre. Her repertoire includes over forty different concertos, some of which were written especially for her by composers such as John Dankworth, Michael Berkeley and Jonathan Dove.

Praised by the New York Times for his 'great flair and virtuosity' and the London Times for 'a masterly recital', John Lenehan's performances and recordings have been acclaimed throughout the world. As a soloist he has appeared with leading orchestras at home and abroad, in 2010/11 making his debut with both the London Symphony Orchestra (at the Barbican) and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (at Philharmonic Hall). His innovative recital programmes often include film projection and jazz repertoire.

In a performing career spanning more than 30 years, John Lenehan has collaborated with many leading instrumentalists and is recognised as an outstanding accompanist and chamber musician. During the past few years he has appeared in major concert halls in Amsterdam, Vienna, Salzburg, New York, Washington, Toronto, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo.

“At first it seems surprising that Emma Johnson has waited until now to record two pillars of the repertoire, Brahms's opus 120 clarinet sonatas, but it soon becomes apparent why: these are the fruit of Brahms's sunset years, works of profound maturity that require a deep understanding that only years of careful performance and interpretation can produce. The result is definitive; Johnson's gorgeous tone evoking the reputed delicate, warm and unaffected sound of the sonatas' dedicatee, Richard Mühlfeld. The Mendelssohn sonata, written when he was just 15, is a charming contrast, its youthful confidence beautifully captured by Johnson's winning partnership with John Lenehan, which is most strikingly apparent in their triumphant reading of the Schumann Phantasiestücke. A landmark disc.” - Stephen Pritchard, Observer