Browse: Enescu - Impromptu Concertant in G flat major for violin & piano

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…

It’s all very tastefully done, if rather insubstantial. — The Guardian, 6th February 2020 More…

Playing with considerable subtlety, they avoid self-conscious bravado until they get to the Rota, and Descharmes’s clarity and elegance offsets Nemtanu’s warmth of tone and poised interpretative... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2023 More…

In a hypnotic account of the Third Sonata, Azoitei and Stan demonstrate complete empathy with the quasi-improvisatory nature of the writing. Superb playing also in the Brahmsian First Sonata. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2009, 5 out of 5 stars 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…

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…

These wonderful two discs underline Enescu's pedigree as a composer, with Azoitei and Stan showing innate understanding not just of the large-scale works, but also the rarely-heard miniatures. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…