The bayan, the flexible Russian cousin of the accordion, has lately become fairly well-known in the West… Here the Trio Solotarev (three Italian bayan players, despite the name) displays the instrument's aptitude for all kinds of unexpected virtuosity, both in original works (Gubaidulina's Et exspecto Sonata and the bayan/cello duo In croce, both of them utterances of blazing intensity) and, unexpectedly, transcription. But perhaps the most astonishing things here are the three Ligeti piano études recast for bayan trio. ...the sheer effectiveness of the changed sonority, the near-apocalyptic wildness of the result, could hardly be anticipated. In many ways a weirdly stimulating disc.