Kian Soltani
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Debussy: Fantaisie, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, La Mer
RecommendedDaniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin), Kian Soltani (cello), Martha Argerich (piano), Staatskapelle Berlin
Michael Barenboim and Kian Soltani are the concertmaster and principal cellist of the Barenboim-founded West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, so the stellar quality of their playing is no more a surprise... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th June 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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He’s an exceptionally free, agile and fluent player, and youthful impetuosity powers the first and third movements, only occasionally marred by a rather hectic vibrato. There’s a sense of real... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2020, Concerto Choice
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Mozart: Piano Quartets
RecommendedDaniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin), Yiulia Deyneka (viola) & Kian Soltani (cello)
There is no question from the start of the guiding force here: Daniel Barenboim, a great Mozart player early in his career, and once more now, manages to hold things together while being free... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2018, Chamber Choice
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Building a Library, June 2019, Also Recommended (Modern Recording)
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The overriding impression is of a watertight musical partnership, one’s attention divided equally between cellist and pianist….[Soltani] has all the qualities needed to win consistent critical... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2018
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Brimming over with infectious spontaneity and bonhomie, this enjoyable set suggest the wide-open spaces of the modern concert hall rather than chamber-room intimacy…at 76 Barenboim shows few... —
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky & Dvořák: Piano Trios
Live from Easter Festival Aix-en-Provence
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Lahav Shani (piano) & Kian Soltani (cello)
Their reading of the Tchaikovsky Trio is unashamedly Romantic from the off…What’s impressive about this new set is the way the three musicians bring a richness of ideas, sustaining both the... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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I love this. Soltani multi-tracks the sounds of his cello (bowed, plucked, drummed) to recreate passages from recent cinema epics. It could have been cheesy, but the result is rather brilliant... —
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Innovative Listening Experience
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R. Strauss: Don Quixote – Ravel: Bolero
Miriam Manasherov (viola), Michael Barenboim (violin), Kian Soltani (cello), West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Soltani’s playing is undoubtedly eloquent, and there are lovely contributions from violist Miriam Manasherov, but the persistence of the cello in the balance quickly becomes tiring. —
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Camerata Salzburg is a savvy choice of partner for Soltani – warm, polished, entirely on home turf being play-directed – and its musicians respond to him with warmly polished fluidity. Soltani... —
