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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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Comparisons are inevitable; on my shelves are the Grumiaux- Haskil team, the Stern-Barenboim combination, Szymon Goldberg and Radu Lupu, and Zukerman and Neikrug readings. The Cotik-Lin duo can take its place among those earlier esteemed ensembles with heads held high.
STRINGS MAGAZINE
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If you love the solo violin, you won´t find a better recording to suit your tastes
OBSERVER TODAY
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the secret here…always let curiosity be a constant inspiration. If Tomas Cotik ever revisits these works on record it will be fascinating to hear the results, but it´s hard to see how they could be better that this
THE WHOLENOTE MAGAZINE
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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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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
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Warmly and sensitively played with beauty of tone, Cotik… captures the essence of Mozart in finely spun tone and sensitive contrasts in dynamics, rhythmic integrity, and clear phrasing. Their deeply felt rendition of this purest of music, from the carefree early sonatas to the more dramatic later opuses, is a model of transparency and genuine emotion.
STRINGS MAGAZINE
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Also in the interpretation of Mozart´s sonatas, Cotik´s excellent performance and perfect technique stand out in the particularly brilliant articulations
GBOPERA MAGAZINE
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Cotik scales Bach’s solo mountain with skill. His intricate yet soulful take is assured without ever being showy.
BBC Magazine
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exceptional…Piazzolla can be played differently than this, but provably not better.
DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE