Presto Recordings of the Year, Scriabin (composer)

Never discursive or splashy, Petrenko’s forensic view of the composer may not please those brought up on Soviet-era music-making but I found it very persuasive. — Gramophone Magazine, November 2018 More…

These are superb performances of two underestimated concertos...this is unquestionably an engaging account, Sudbin's glistening and expressive virtuosity matched by Andrew Litton and the Bergen... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

there’s a great sense of freedom in this music that Gergiev manages to create ... Gergiev’s volatility really works in this Scriabin. — CD Review, 9th July 2016 More…

Petrenko is the ideal interpreter for this ripe overheated music…The Oslo Philharmonic responds with brilliantly incisive ensemble…Gerstein makes the most of Scriabin’s poetic writing with some... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is certainly a golden age collection from Trifonov, and it’s admirable that these two discs are always more about the music than about him...If I were to choose a compendium of Russian... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

he plays [the Mozart] with restraint, albeit micromanaging the music so that no phrase sounds the same twice...[in the Chopin] Sokolov ranges from introspective musing to his native Russian... — Financial Times, 31st January 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

[Petrenko] shows an excellent grasp of each symphony's dramatic trajectory, and a broader than usual awareness of the creative legacy within which Scriabin worked — BBC Music Magazine, February 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…