Deutsche Grammophon

Drilled and stately it may be, but Gounod would have been surprised by such a poker-faced rendition. Gerhard Stolze, despite success in Wagnerian roles, makes possibly the most ill-suited Sanctus... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2007, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

there is some really fine playing here. Ott, we are told, has been working on the two sonatas for 10 years. Recorded with a warm tonal glow, both these and the Andante favori are notably poised... — Classic FM Magazine, December 2011, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

There is an alert sense of drama, which is where Netrebko really scores as a singing actress...While her bel canto is judged 'could do better', it's worth considering that, at 40, Netrebko is... — International Record Review, November 2011More…

Simonyan is a true virtuoso; his playing has a natural, unforced authority and, among other accomplishments, his clear, brilliant spiccato bowing is heard to great effect in the finales of both... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2012More…