Denis Matsuev

The Third Piano Concerto certainly packs a mighty punch through Denis Matsuev's brilliantly athletic playing...Yet the work's lyrical elements seem less involving. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Rachmaninov offers one of the finest performances of the first movement available: remarkable detail, superbly sculpted, technically magisterial. [Prokofiev] There is a reason we don’t hear... — International Piano, July 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

If your ears can adjust, there's a supremely commanding Rachmaninov No 1 to be savoured here…Matsuev and Gergiev accept with the relish all the invitations to garish humour in Stravinsky's Capriccio…if... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2015 More…

Matsuev has his feet...firmly planted on terra firma, the edgier writing displaying more of a kinship with Bartok until the gorgeous return to lushness in the second movement suggests an almost... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2013 More…

Ravel’s achingly sensuous Rapsodie espagnole receives the finest performance here, infused with infectious warmth that is sensually beguiling. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Matsuev] he’s a past master in this work and delivers a performance of charisma and power, abetted by Honeck’s entirely sympathetic conducting. The Russian way with the Shostakovich First has... — Fanfare, September/October 2020 More…