Stradivarius

Biondi and Tripla Concordia provide notably brisk and animated performances of these entertaining pieces, responding with spontaneity to the deft and even balance of the voices. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2004, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

Schnittke's music for violin and piano spans most of his composing career, from the early 1960s, when Shostakovich's genius and Soviet ideology both loomed large, to the mid-1990s, a time of... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

The opening of RV595, with trumpets and bustling violins, is well played, although the 16-strong Ensemble Vocale il Canto di Orfeo dominate too much in faster music. However, the quieter "Donec... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2009More…