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many are the moments in which the Ragazze players slalom their way splendidly from challenge to challenge, with the tension strongly sustained and the ensemble well unified, breathing as one.... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

…it is van Rijen's sense of line that is the most impressive feature of his playing, reliant on musicianship rather than physical dexterity. …his virtuoso technique need fear no comparison... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2009 More…

In some respects this is a very personal disc. It aims, we are told, to explore the 'many and often subtle definitions' of the word 'romantic' as expressed in music for viola and piano...Zemtsov's... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2015 More…

His performances of all [the works] unveil his artistry and musical thought in a way more redolent of his live performance persona than the evidence we have hitherto had on disc, exposing him... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2013 More…