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Official Release: March, 2020 Reviews are trickling in. Gramophone, Ritmo, Textura, The Whole Note, GBOpera and more.
“Overall, these two discs featuring Cotik must be regarded as among the finest performances for their consistent artistry and idiomatic grasp”
Classical Net
“exceptional...Piazzolla can be played differently than this, but provably not better.”
DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE
“conviction, commitment, diplomacy, and character”
The Strad
“If you love the solo violin, you won't find a better recording to suit your tastes”
OBSERVER TODAY
“Cotik makes Kreisler seem almost smarmy, Isabelle Faust almost mannered, and Julia Fischer as though she's filed down the detail”
Fanfare Magazine
“The BBC Music team’s current favourites”
BBC MAGAZINE, Niel McKim
“un violinista excelente... que recoge una forma rigurosa, natural y fuera de lo común de entender e interpretar la música”
Docenotas
“unusual depth and broad compass...absolutely brilliant... unmistakable vitality...optimally recorded”
Audio Video Club of Atlanta
“Cotik and the orchestra provided impressive advocacy for a multifaceted work that deserves to be heard more often. Cotik seamlessly handled the frequent changes in mood and adroitly traversed the work’s myriad technical challenges while always keeping the focus on the music.”
SOUTH FLORIDA CLASSICAL REVIEW
“a musician who prepares thoroughly and has great respect for the music he performs”
The Palm Beach Arts Paper
“Un disco ideal”
SONOGRAMA MAGAZINE
“I was immediately impressed by their virtuosity and also their understanding of Piazzolla’s music. I was anxious to see them perform in person”
Gary Burton
“excellent violin playing...extremely enjoyable interpretations of music that I love”
American Record Guide
“None of these pieces has ever sounded quite like this before.”
INFODAD.COM
“absolutely impeccable, with intonation in the centre of every note, and his left hand flying around the fingerboard with remarkable agility”
David Denton for David’s Review Corner
“there is no question that this disc is, by some distance, Naxos's best Piazzolla recording ”
MusicWeb International
“One imagines the Nuevo tango master would be as captivated as any listener by such exquisite performances.”
TEXTURA
“wonderful album…impressive for the elegance and sensitivity of the interpretations”
John Terauds – Musical Toronto
““Legacy” es, sin dudas, un álbum para emocionarse y escuchar continuamente. Excelencia pura. Imprescindible!”
CULTURALMENTE INCORRECTO
“This is an excellent recital. I enjoy the Piazzolla Tango Etudes more as played by Cotik than by anyone else. ”
American Record Guide
“None of these pieces has ever sounded quite like this before....Cotik handles it beautifully, with tremendous clarity of line and evenness of tone”
INFODAD.COM
“brilliant Argentinean violinist”
David Denton for David’s Review Corner
“Supersonic Award winner. Tomas Cotik’s Piazzolla is carnal, passionate and nowhere easy-going. Together with his group he has produced a riveting CD.”
Pizzicato
“excellent style, which is not frequently found”
Daniel Binelli
“a first-rate set of these of Mozart sonatas”
THE ARTS MUSIC LOUNGE
“bemerkenswert, kunstvolle und expressive Interpretationen...auf hohem Niveau und den jeweiligen Stilen perfekt angepasst”
PIZZICATO
“un trabajo de mucha calidad, por la originalidad de los arreglos y especialmente porque se trata de un excelente instrumentista”
REVISTA RITMO
“I highly commend Mr. Cotik for his innovative interpretations and I hope many future audiences will experience his musical excellence”
Gary Burton
“I’ve had a listen to a few alternatives…including Isaac Stern with Daniel Baremboim and Lydia Mordkovitch, but this duo pretty much ticks all the boxes”
MusicWeb International
“Evocative concert of Jewish classical music”
The Washington Post
“I find the Cotik and Lin performances most interesting and the sound on their disc is excellent”
Maria Nockin – Fanfare Magazine
“this superbly produced Schubert disc…comes warmly commended”
MusicWeb International
“A neglected stash of unrecorded Schubert”
NORMAN LEBRECHT
“Cotik vanta un violinismo costantemente brillante e un colore di suono caldo e avvolgente”
GBOPERA MAGAZINE
“Anche nell’interpretazione delle sonate di Mozart si evidenziano l’ottima cavata e la perfetta tecnica di Cotik negli staccati particolarmente brillanti.”
GBOPERA MAGAZINE
“Editor's Picks”
DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE
“Un disco revelador de la maestría de los jóvenes intérpretes que lo firman: Tomas Cotik y Tao Lin.”
REVISTA DOCENOTAS
“urgently recommended”
Fanfare Magazine
“The Piazzolla album is not just Cotik as brilliant interpreter, but also as creative mind.”
Musical Toronto
“a treat from start to finish”
Musical Toronto
“laudable level of technical accuracy…tenderness and warmth”
The Palm Beach Arts Paper
“outstanding from the very beginning”
Fanfare Magazine
“Cotik Kicks Butt in Piazzolla! A wild and wonderful CD.”
THE ART MUSIC LOUNGE
“clarity and tonal opulence rare in recordings of violin music”
Fanfare Magazine
“NOMINATED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS 2018”
ICMA
“recreating the visceral charge of Piazzolla’s legendary quintet concerts and recordings”
South Florida Classical Review
“The technical qualities of the recording - which is on the NAXOS label, by the way - are excellent.”
Robert W. Plyer, THE OBSERVER
“violinist Tomas Cotik is always up for a new challenge”
Julia Amacher – American Public Media
“Cotik transcends even the profoundly meditative”
FANFARE MAGAZINE
“this is one of the great Piazzolla discs, and in perfect sound quality, I urge you to buy it.”
David Denton for David’s Review Corner
“I marvel at the technical skill which effortlessly encompasses these deeply contrasting styles....a technical as well as expressive master stroke”
CONTEMPORARY RECORD SOCIETY
“conviction, commitment, diplomacy and character”
The Strad
“their lofty musicianship dwarfs their profound scholarship”
Fanfare Magazine
“among the very best Piazzolla albums”
David Denton for David’s Review Corner
“this is clearly a team to watch. I am sure we will be hearing good things from them in the future”
MusicWeb International
“un disco la cui qualità riesce a proporre la freschezza affascinante della cultura musicale germanica come nuova, come se non si fossero mai ascoltate prima”
GBOPERA MAGAZINE
“Everyone who plays these works should hear these exemplary performances...you will never hear these Telemann Fantasias played so well ”
American Record Guide
“perfectly conceived”
Fanfare Magazine
“intelligent and sensitive...glories in...colorations and shared emphasis”
Fanfare Magazine
“Cotik phrases this music with such feeling, making you wonder if it could possibly sound better in any other performance.”
Classical Net
“Some of the music is sultry while other works are fast, rhythmic, and ornamented to show the exquisite virtuosity of Cotik”
FANFARE MAGAZINE
“an excellent violinist”
Michael Tilson Thomas
“short this is a great recording if you value warmth and sweetness in Mendelssohn. Here, though, nothing is forced, and, as I say, the world seems a better place.”
AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
“uplifting quality”
MusicWeb International
“Hace muy poco descubrí esta maravilla...dos extraordinarios instrumentalistas que uniendo su talento logran...algo genial.”
Luis Andarcia, VENUE MAGAZINE
“an exemplary presentation of some marvelous music”
The Palm Beach Arts Paper
“una nueva forma de mirar, entender y percibir la música de diferentes épocas”
SONOGRAMA MAGAZINE
“true treasure...one of the latest gems to emerge from the season”
John Terauds – Musical Toronto
“Cotik and Tao Lin have…honored not only their professions as musicians, but the memory and work of Franz Schubert”
The Palm Beach Arts Paper
“Las versiones son óptimas por la compenetración estilística del dúo y la prestancia instrumental del admirable violinista”
REVISTA SCHERZO
“ There are so many delightful details to savour that one hardly knows where to begin...a most rewarding Mozart cycle”
Gramophone Magazine
“The joyful virtuosity and stylish musicianship that Tomas Cotik and Tao Lin brought to their superb cycle of Schubert’s violin-and-piano works for the Centaur label happily permeate their cycle of Mozart’s sonatas”
Gramophone Magazine
“should leave listeners almost breathless…a vibrancy and attention to detail...strong individuality and… vitality”
Fanfare Magazine
“My first chamber choice for the year. ”
MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL Recordings Of The Year 2013
“phenomenal technique”