Instrumental, Piano Solos, Piano Sonatas, Bortkiewicz (composer)

[Vlaeva plays] with commanding authority. She can sing, she can charm, she can thunder, and she has a wonderfully innate rubato that suits Bortkiewicz's idiom to perfection — Gramophone Magazine, March 2016More…

Abundance of melodic appeal and inventiveness. Bortkiewicz seems incapable of writing unattractive music so one is able to derive pleasure from the pieces here. I shall certainly look forward... — Gramophone MagazineMore…

This is an enterprising and enticing programme of Russian piano music, from the rare to the familiar. It is played with consummate style and flair by Nadejda Vlaeva, whose previous recordings... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2009, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Alfonso Soldano is a pianist who certainly seems at home playing this music and his obvious enthusiasm for it comes through strongly...This is a fine introduction to Sergei Bortkiewicz's piano... — MusicWeb International, 16th December 2016More…

The centrepieces are a complete performance of the Bulgarian Pancho Vladigerov's Sonatine in F sharp minor (1934) from Marc-André Hamelin-a meaty and valuable discovery making a welcome addition... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2007More…