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Sarasate's Concert Fantasies on operas by Rossini, Hérold , Verdi and Flotow may not be quite as imaginative as Liszt's, but they still offer many entertaining moments in these sparkling accounts. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

A fiery version of Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen. — Classic CD More…

I challenge anyone to pick holes in the performances on offer here by Tianwa Yang. I simply can’t imagine this tuneful, technically demanding music being played any better than this. Full marks... — MusicWeb International, 6th February 2014 More…

Each piece is beautifully characterized and played with great polish and confidence. — American Record Guide More…

We encounter Sarasate’s spontaneity and coalescence of tenacity and timidity in these distinctly Spanish-sounding transcriptions and arrangements...Yang conveys Chopin’s silky Nocturne No. 2... — MusicWeb International, 24th February 2014 More…

Despite doing without any of his most popular pieces, this third instalment of Sarasate's music for violin and orchestra makes a most attractive programme...Yang is splendidly equipped as a... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2011 More…

Yang throws off merciless chains of double stops and finger-crippling arabesques with scintillating aplomb. She produces astonishingly clean harmonics - whether natural or forced - and high-wire... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Tianwa Yang is a sensationally talented young violnist. She has technique to burn… Best of all, she has a beautiful tone in cantabile phrases and a really seductive way with rubato that conveys... — Classics Today More…