Maxim Rysanov

The First Concerto is immediately captivating: light, energetic and brightly coloured...Frang has the knack of breathing life into every note, whether by variations in phrasing, attack, tone... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This searing release confirms Vasks’s international stature and, specifically, his affinity for string writing…Rysanov with the exceptional Sinfonietta Rīga wrings every drop of melancholic... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Charm is a total winner, wrapped by Matthews in string woodwind sleep-music so familiar from the Nocturne and phrased by Connolly with alternate tenderness and edginess. Maxim Rysanov compels... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The individual strands of the chamber version make the music even more claustrophobic than it need be, so that by the end of the half-hour the feeling that you are in the sauna is overwhelming.... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Rysanov illuminates [the Arpeggione] with warmth and grace…The Third Sonata benefits, again, from [his] buoyant lyricism and the rich timbre of his Guadagnini, glowing like ruby embers against... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…