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Glazunov & Franck

NOTES BY GREG STEPANICH

The years 1901 and 1902 were crucial ones for Mahler, then at the height of his fame as the artistic director of the Vienna Court Opera. In the summer of 1901, he had enjoyed a great burst of compositional creativity, having recovered from a serious illness earlier that year; the fruits of that idyllic period included a sheaf of songs and two movements of his Fifth Symphony. In November, he met the beautiful 22-year-old Alma Schindler, fell passionately in love with her, and they were married in March of 1902.

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International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) 2025 Nominee
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one comes away from the recording dazzled by Cotik´s musicianship and technique; one is also struck by the agility of his execution, his expert command of tempo and intonation, and his ability to consistently maintain the highest level of performance
TEXTURA
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…intellectual intensity and fresh characterizations that are akin to violinists like Gidon Kremer, Paul Zukofsky, and Joseph Szigeti at their best. Cotik walks a thin line between trenchant and tenuous that beckons your attention at every moment.
Classics Today
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Tomás Cotik, whose technical and expressive abilities, already highlighted in other reviews of his CDs, are confirmed here and indeed enhanced respectively in the agility present in these scores, which he effortlessly surpasses with clarity of sound, and in the beautiful tone he displays in the more lyrical passages.
GBOPERA
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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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I am happy to hear such musical polish and enthusiasm for some of my favorite pieces to play.
American Record Guide
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Cotik’s performances throughout are clean, bright and precise… you would be hard-pressed to find a more honest guide than Tomás Cotik.
Palm Beach Arts Paper
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Tomás Cotik tackles these pages with a great sense of style, exhibiting a truly expressive performance in slow movements…and a very solid technique in rapid and virtuosic episodes.
GBOPERA
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exceptional…Piazzolla can be played differently than this, but provably not better.
​DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE
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The versions are optimal due to the stylistic understanding and the instrumental excellence of the admirable violinist.
REVISTA SCHERZO