ICSM Records
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Varbanov lets the beauties of Brahms's First Sonata unfold gradually, but the young Brahms emerges with exuberant swagger in his account of the third movement...this CD radiates the right sort... —
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Varbanov plays [the Brahms] with the firmest and most definitive touch, and not a trace of ingratiation. The rest of this interestingly-conceived CD coheres impressively, with a warm glow cast... —
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Varbanov’s lucid expressivity nearly steals the scene. In the finale, Lupták’s intonation sometimes goes astray, but the air of warm geniality generated by both players is delightful. —
