ica classics

Maddening or enchanting - Cherkassky could veer from one to the other...And here, in performances dating from 1981 and 1983, when Cherkassky was in his seventies, there is a characteristic if... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2013 More…

Despite the presence of Karajan and the Philharmonia Orchestra, this recording belongs to Clara Haskil, whose reading of Mozart’s D minor Concerto, familiar from her studio recording with Markevitch,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Hearing these distinguished performances on the wing makes for an invigorating listen. There are no surprises in Oistrakh’s consummate mastery in the Tchaikovsky, but the tight orchestral playing,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Breathtaking pianism from Gilels: Tchaikovsky's Concerto No. 2 is titanic and tender by turns, and his opening phrase of Beethoven Four is near-miraculous. Ropey sound quality, but worth it. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

you are made aware once more of Fischer's robust poetry, of her economical, never inflated or exaggerated style. Less mercurial than, say Moiseiwitsch, less vertiginous than Argerich in the... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2012 More…

An impressive debut disc previously only released in Japan. The young violinist delivers a beyond-her-years Shostakovich and dazzles in the Waxman. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

the pianist’s irrepressible spirit shines through in Prokofiev’s Seventh Sonata and the Stravinsky pieces. — The Telegraph, 12th May 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…