«Relaxed, lyrically colorful, and even in the first movement already very soulful, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is heard in this recording with Ivan Pochekin. The slow movement is played with striking tenderness and interiorization, with comforting warmth and enchanting romantic poetry, before the Allegro vivacissimo ends the concerto lightly and buoyantly. In Glazunov’s A minor Concerto, whose brilliant solo part Heifetz once played with such stunning virtuosity, Ivan Pochekin also shows himself to be a soulful interpreter. He plays with such soulfulness that one can easily get carried away in the first two movements. The cadenza is finely differentiated and the life-affirming finale is presented in a very swinging and colorful manner Pletnev accompanies very attentively and supportively»
Pizzicato, Remy Franck, 2022
