Download, Glinka (composer)

Hyperion's new release is full of music that mixes Chopinesque grace with Russian-bear grandiosity. Driver is the sort of pianist who can handle both, delivering performances of poise, power... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

an intelligently curated recital with song at the centre. It begins with Romances by Clara and Robert Schumann back to back, both showcasing the warmth and evenness of Ioudenitch’s sonority... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2023 More…

Anna Netrebko frames her recital with the two great heroines of Russian 19th- and 20th- century opera: Tatyana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and Natasha in Prokofiev's War and Peace. …Netrebko... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2006 More…

The Rachmaninov songs suit that lower register particularly well; the famous Vocalise is luxuriantly attractive, and Don’t Sing, My Beauty sensuously nostalgic…she closes with two songs from... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Bringing them all to life is Hvorostovsky's performance - passionate, brooding or forceful with Pushkin's flowing lines, in a manner which might be a bit overpowering in less emotional music,... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Stellar playing from a violin legend leaves a reviewer wanting more... Gut strings worked well with acoustic recording techniques and the first eight tracks are full of atmosphere. — The Strad, November 2022 More…