Frederick Chopin Institute

The sheer musical brilliance of Alena Baeva’s collaboration with the Orchestra of the 18th Century under the baton of José Maria Florêncio makes their performance of the [Wieniawski] Violin... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[A] polished, spontaneous and characterful account, yet avoiding those moments of over self-conscious point making to be found in the Lugano version…in the ninth Symphony, Rabinovitch-Barakovsky... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

with both the RPO under their Polish associate conductor Grzegorz Nowak and the soloist Alena Baeva on bold form from the start, this is a compelling interpretation...Rebirth requires a conductor... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The opening of the F minor Concerto sets the tone with transparency and lightness. Ever since winning the Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1990, Kenner has stood out as an elegant Chopin player,... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The style brillante that informs all these works calls not only for the technical brilliance that Alexewicz possesses but a certain joie de vivre in short supply here. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…