“Miss Jacoby has the chops for Shostakovich’s neurotic, hyperactive, sometimes eccentric mood changes. Maestro Mackerras, with his dual affinities for Mozart and Janaček finds a perfect mating of both in Shostakovich’s orchestration. The music-making here is expressive where it should be, light, quick, and playful where called for, and always cleanly balanced on a keen razor’s edge. The piano tone has a pleasant body and heft appropriate to the music, properly matching the orchestra’s firm, solid tone.”
Lawrence Hansen, American Record Guide, July 2003

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“... the remarkable Ingrid Jacoby ... giving stunning accounts of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Prokofiev’s daunting Seventh Sonata.”
Foreword of The Penguin Guide to CDs 2002-3 edition

“All in all, this is a sensitive and thoughtful recital.”
The Gramophone, December 2001

CDSA 6802

“Miss Jacoby has the chops for Shostakovich’s neurotic, hyperactive, sometimes eccentric mood changes. Maestro Mackerras, with his dual affinities for Mozart and Janaček finds a perfect mating of both in Shostakovich’s orchestration. The music-making here is expressive where it should be, light, quick, and playful where called for, and always cleanly balanced on a keen razor’s edge. The piano tone has a pleasant body and heft appropriate to the music, properly matching the orchestra’s firm, solid tone.”
Lawrence Hansen, American Record Guide, July 2003

CDSA 6804

“David Nice revels in glowing performances of late-Romantic chamber works.”
“Here are handsome specimens from two late-Romantic Russian composers ... Awards should follow.”
David Nice, BBC Music Magazine, November 2004

CDSA 6880

“... the Barbicans offer truly intimate, cohesive chamber music playing from an established group accustomed to matching one another’s sounds. The Piano Quartet is a beautiful work that deserves to be heard: they do it proud.”
Jessica Duchen, Classic FM magazine, September 2005

CDSA 6882