Concertos, Violin Concertos, Rozsa (composer)

Pike immediately evokes memories of Heifetz with her silver purity of sound and quicksilver agility, inflected by a narrow, medium-fast vibrato. What sets her apart, however, is the gentle cushioning... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Roman Simovic, the London Symphony Orchestra’s leader, plays both concertos with great panache where needed, also finding just the right degree of warmth and rhythmic flexibility in the variation... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2025, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

Just how in tune the siblings are comes across in the opening phrase of Clyne's 'October Rose' where their playing in unison could almost fool you into thinking that you were listening to a... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2026, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

What gives pleasure here are generally those works convincingly performed by the forces their creators originally intended. There are muscular, imaginative and witty solo pieces by Rózsa and... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 2 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

Unlike many film composers whose concert music often fails to convince, Rózsa understood that writing in abstract demanded a different approach, not least in placing his melodic genius at the... — Gramophone MagazineMore…