Browse: Auerbach (composer)

This is one of those rare programmes in which the whole is far greater than the sum of its parts. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2023 More…

it's good to hear even a little sense of struggle as he conquers Ysaye's demanding writing. The ten short movements of Auerbach's par.ti.ta refract Bach through a contemporary prism and Gluzman... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Lea Birringer’s tonal radiance and sparkling articulation captivate the senses throughout an ingenious programme celebrating the seemingly inescapable creative impact of Bach’s solo violin music. — The Strad, December 2021 More…

The individual variations, specially commissioned from contemporary composers and played here en suite, share an aroma of freshness due to their unfamiliarity. They also elicit from Buchbinder... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2020 More…

Her youthful yet attractively rich-toned voice and beguiling musicianship, with an appropriate touch of skittishness at the start of the Weinberg set, works extremely well through most of these... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The main attraction is Auerbach’s Sonata, the partnership between viola and piano more equal and richer in potential. Hauntingly beautiful. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

…the centre of gravity of this recital is a magnificently eloquent and understanding performance of Shostakovich's Violin Sonata, which as the years pass comes to seem one of the greatest of... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Avita Duo really dig into Auerbach’s music, drawing out the myriad moods of these two cycles. Written in 1999, the colourful 24 Preludes and Fugues have a post-Prokofiev, post-Shostakovich... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The performances are of just staggering quality. Lera Auerbach at the piano is as effective a performer of her music as you can imagine, but the real surprise is cellist Ani Aznavoorian...Playing... — MusicWeb International, 27th June 2013 More…