Browse: Enescu - Violin Sonata No. 2 in F minor, Op. 6

Adelina Oprean in many ways has the perfect background to tackle these works...It's impossible to come away from this music without wondering why on earth Enescu's violin music isn't better known,... — Claire Rogers, bbc.co.uk, 20th November 2002 More…

To my ears, the opening of the Third Sonata (which begins the disc) was the auditory equivalent of love at first sight. They have the ability... to create large-scale images out of the tiny... — Fanfare, March/April 2020 More…

Herself a successful violinist, Bacewicz's violin works are idiomatic and stunningly effective. Lydia Mordkovitch produces ringingly authoritative interpretations: the music favours her rich,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Strauss and Poletaev take the [Second's] virtuoso challenges in their stride...Strauss and Poletaev prove formidable exponents of [the Third's] many charms — Gramophone Magazine, November 2013 More…

[an] imposing reading, not least the fastidious tonal shadings of the slow movement or the rhythmic trenchancy of the finale...balance between violin and piano is admirable — International Record Review, March 2011 More…

Antal Szalai is especially good in the Second Sonata's finale, where the dawning folk element is underlined, though the Brahmsian axis of the rest also comes across well...He makes a credible... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2011 More…