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there is a good deal which is captivating in Mikhail Pletnev's excellent performance: in the thistledown Scherzo, the Russian National Orchestra demonstates polished and tight ensemble playing... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2015 More…

Here is music-making to wonder at. Rarely in their history can the two concertos have been performed with such meticulous care and affection. The Luxembourg-born, 25-year-old pianist includes... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Details are invariably surprising...Rubatos, too, are elegantly turned, the phrasing eminently pianistic in that it is so quick of reflex. Of course, it takes an orchestra of extraordinary dexterity... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011 More…

At almost 75 minutes it’s probably the longest account on disc – an indication of Pletnev’s inquisitive nature and his tendency, indeed desire, to lose himself in the otherworldliness of this... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2018 More…

both conductor and orchestra are on particularly fine form in Manfred, delivering an insightful and compelling reading that takes its place among the finest available recordings of this work...Pentatone's... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Mikhail Pletnev delivers a strongly compelling and often illuminating interpretation of Shostakovich's final symphony. Whereas most conductors opt merely for the sardonic and satirical in the... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Here [Pletnev] presents not only the standard version, but also the first movement in its original form, which several of Tchaikovsky's colleagues thought far superior to the revised version...Pletnev's... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

it's far from just an updated clone of their earlier 'Pathétique', which was serious fiery (E4717422). This one is a touch mellower in tone and style, with no loss at all in terms of class and... — Classic FM Magazine, December 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…