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Arghamanyan is not the first Armenian to offer a more thoughtful approach to Khachaturian's music than the usual fireworks display. The result, though, is all the more stiorking in this, the... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Johannes Moser and Andrei Korobeinikov bring both muscle and imagination to these two epic Russian sonatas — BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Christopher O’Riley’s pianism is assured…Haimovitz has a well-fed sonority for Prokofiev’s grandiose essay. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

[Jurowski] brings more to the table than residually authentic Russian-Soviet sonority. Tempos are spacious and textures spruce, suggesting a simultaneous repudiation of the coarse, gabbled effect... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2018 More…

Jurowski keeps a clear head and focuses bright sonorities without ever letting the Russian players harden their tone. In the Symphony his intensive approach to detail is always evident, especially... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Steinbacher shapes the glorious melody in the opening movement [of the First] with great tenderness and affection and throughout the work there is a real sense of her interaction with conductor... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…