INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW 'OUTSTANDING' AWARD
“it's one of [Reger's] most heart-warming works, allowing his intensely lyrical streak free rein...Aided by first-rate orchestral playing, [Zagrosek] finds transparency in Reger's original...Chief honours, of course, go to Tanja Becker-Bender: she not only shows stamina (the violin is seldom silent), but also technical command, beauty of tone and clear sympathetic identification with the music.” --BBC Music Magazine, April 2012 *****
“it's one of [Reger's] most heart-warming works, allowing his intensely lyrical streak free rein...Aided by first-rate orchestral playing, [Zagrosek] finds transparency in Reger's original...Chief honours, of course, go to Tanja Becker-Bender: she not only shows stamina (the violin is seldom silent), but also technical command, beauty of tone and clear sympathetic identification with the music.” --BBC Music Magazine, April 2012 *****
“this sprawling work is a constant delight and the performers bring to it rich colours that never cloy” --Classical Music, 11th February 2012 ****
“Tanja Becker-Bender is more than equal to the demands of the solo part, and Lothar Zagrosek's masterly articulation of Reger's Klangstrom ('stream of sound'), in all its transparency and modulated colour and variety of incident is, if anything, an even more distinguished contribution.” --Gramophone Magazine, March 2012
“I have been a Reger admirer for most of my adult life, but I have not heard a performance of his Violin Concerto which has excited or moved me as much as this one. It is a remarkable achievement on the part of this young violinist...This is a truly outstanding CD of very fine music, excellently performed and recorded.” --International Record Review, February 2012
“it's remarkably beautiful, and Tanja Becker-Bender does some wonderful things with it, shaping its lines with great lyrical force and a tremendous sense of drama. There's strong playing from the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under Lothar Zagrosek, too.” --The Guardian, 5th January 2012 ****
“Tanja Becker-Bender is more than equal to the demands of the solo part, and Lothar Zagrosek's masterly articulation of Reger's Klangstrom ('stream of sound'), in all its transparency and modulated colour and variety of incident is, if anything, an even more distinguished contribution.” --Gramophone Magazine, March 2012
“I have been a Reger admirer for most of my adult life, but I have not heard a performance of his Violin Concerto which has excited or moved me as much as this one. It is a remarkable achievement on the part of this young violinist...This is a truly outstanding CD of very fine music, excellently performed and recorded.” --International Record Review, February 2012
“it's remarkably beautiful, and Tanja Becker-Bender does some wonderful things with it, shaping its lines with great lyrical force and a tremendous sense of drama. There's strong playing from the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under Lothar Zagrosek, too.” --The Guardian, 5th January 2012 ****
