SACD, Mussorgsky (composer)

It’s the second half of this disc that surely justifies the epithet ‘Russian spectacular’. I doubt whether you’d hear a more pulsating and brilliantly executed performance of the Lyapunov orchestration... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

For fans of the contemporary virtuoso, this disc is not only stupendously recorded, but a sign that standards these days are extraordinarily high in this area. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

His special blend of attributes is on display here, not least his technical ease, exquisite control and rich resource of colour. In the Tchaikovsky [Concerto], Trifonov's playing ignites when... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

you sense, right from the opening Promenade of Pictures, that Gerstein has considered everything: textures are rethought, phrasing pondered, while tempi are fluid and oft-changing...I can't... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2014 More…

Heard on headphones, Hd-Klassik’s 3D Binaural Series offers a more involving, if not altogether immersive sonic experience. Jörg Endebrock’s arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition... — Choir & Organ, July 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Haefliger’s rich and varied tonal colouring provides tremendous music rewards in the Berg…The coruscating flourishes in the Liszt are vividly despatched…A good deal of the Beethoven is really... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…