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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
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recreating the visceral charge of Piazzolla’s legendary quintet concerts and recordings
South Florida Classical Review
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This is an excellent recital. I enjoy the Piazzolla Tango Etudes more as played by Cotik than by anyone else.
American Record Guide
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…intellectual intensity and fresh characterizations that are akin to violinists like Gidon Kremer, Paul Zukofsky, and Joseph Szigeti at their best. Cotik walks a thin line between trenchant and tenuous that beckons your attention at every moment.
Classics Today
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These versions are unabashedly driven, backed by a slick technical ability, yielding a bold, fleet, forthright ride through the challenging yet rewarding contours of these mixed modes, occasionally dance-infused, and forward-looking Fantasias.
Early Music Review
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The playing is pristine, technically, and the recorded sound clear. This is a highly intelligent project in conception and execution.
Fanfare Magazine
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conviction, commitment, diplomacy, and character
The Strad
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excellent Piazzollean style, which is not frequently found
Daniel Binelli
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Tomás Cotik tackles these pages with a great sense of style, exhibiting a truly expressive performance in slow movements…and a very solid technique in rapid and virtuosic episodes.
GBOPERA
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It is in excellent hands with the violinist Tomás Cotik… because a musician of great size is ‘talking’ here, as witnessed by his earlier recordings, which extend from Telemann, Bach and Schubert to Piazzolla. Thanks to the idiomatic touch, Cotik really makes this music swing, but he also knows how to hit the lyricism in the slow parts. This is ‘entertainment’ on a high level
Opus Klassiek