the playing is of exceptional poise and finesse - the phrasing exquisitely shaped, the melodic lines both caressed and directed in ways that testify to fertile musical imagination and abundant pianistic technique in superfine balance...his masterly control ensures that the underlying dance-rhythm patterning is never lost.

Primakov's way with dances formed into suites by himself and his one-time teacher Vera Gornostaeva will charm the birds out of the trees. And yet there is never a hint of artifice or contrivance but rather an open-hearted delight in some of Schubert's most endearing works...this is palpably the playing of a young pianist in love with Schubert...Well recorded, this is a disc to treasure.