"Editor's choices - August 2019: Ibragimova and Tiberghien exhibit a similar instinctive empathy to Moser and Beatson on their latest collaboration on Hyperion, applying the low-cholesterol approach which made their Franck Sonata earlier this year such a winner to the Brahms sonatas: clarity and transparency are the orders of the day here, with vibrato, portamenti and rubato kept to a minimum, but nothing feels undernourished or underseasoned in these illuminating, immensely invigorating performances"

"På den ene side er det vanskeligt at finde to musikere, der spiller mere omhyggeligt og pletfrit end Alina Ibragimova og Cédric Tiberghien. Men på den anden side dyrker den russisk-britiske violinist og den franske pianist en fortolkningsvinkel på Brahms, der gør disse sonater til musik for spøgelser ... Med sit suveræne violinspil søger Alina Ibragimova ind i sig selv og finder en nostalgi, der ikke er sådan lige til at dulme. De to dyrker det lavmælte ... og selv om der er både drama og meget smuk tonedannelse i den sidste af sonaterne, så minder det hele mig om stuer, hvor alle møbler er dækket til med lagner, fordi ingen kommer i dem længere"

"Alina Ibragimova is perfectly capable of a forceful gutsiness as she demonstrates here in some of Brahms's more agitated development sections. But she is also a period-sensitive performer, and in seeking to realise Brahms's frequent markings of 'dolce' and 'mezza voce' she often fines down her sound to an almost vibrato-less whisper. Tiberghien plays with all his usual sensitivity ... For some ears, the intermittent disparity may alloy what, in all other respects, are distinguished readings"

"Alina Ibragimova's quiet playing is perhaps the most arresting feature of these performances, especially as she and Cédric Tiberghien are extremely attentive to the preponderance of 'piano' and 'pianissimo' markings int all three of Brahms's violin sonatas ... There are marvellous moments and entire movements that make this beautifully recorded disc worth hearing ... thanks in large part to Tiberghien's feather-light touch. Indeed, the pianist's playing is captivating throughout, his 'pianissimos' just as breathtaking as his partner's"

Vurdering: 5/5