Enescu - Violin Sonata 'Torso'

Adelina Oprean in many ways has the perfect background to tackle these works...It's impossible to come away from this music without wondering why on earth Enescu's violin music isn't better... — Claire Rogers, bbc.co.uk, 20th November 2002 More…

These wonderful two discs underline Enescu's pedigree as a composer, with Azoitei and Stan showing innate understanding not just of the large-scale works, but also the rarely-heard miniatures. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

An invaluable complete survey of Enescu's violin and piano works, especially for the two relatively rare early Sonatas. Ganz and Paley are entirely at ease with Enescu's mixing of idioms. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Strauss and Poletaev take the [Second's] virtuoso challenges in their stride...Strauss and Poletaev prove formidable exponents of [the Third's] many charms — Gramophone Magazine, November 2013 More…

Like Béla Bartók, Romanian composer-violinist- pianist George Enescu wrote violin music from a fairly early age, even earlier in fact: both the Ballade and Tarantella that feature on the second... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

[an] imposing reading, not least the fastidious tonal shadings of the slow movement or the rhythmic trenchancy of the finale...balance between violin and piano is admirable — International Record Review, March 2011 More…