Jirí Bárta

Kodály's Solo Cello Sonata is among the strongest, most searching of all his works, arguably the finest of all works for unaccompanied cello since Bach's suites, and here it receives a performance... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Very often, "crossover" means musicians talking (or singing, or playing) past each other. This is something rather different, and the tone is set by the appearance of the solo cello playing... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2010 More…