Phil’s Classical Reviews: Phil Muse, Audio Video Club of Atlanta, Jan. 2013

Review of the Schubert CD They are among the most tuneful and ingratiating of all Schubert’s works, but they just don’t sit down and play themselves. The beauty is in the details, and to that extent Tomas Cotik and Lin Tao, both of whom have very active careers as chamber musicians, have been at pains to give the music the right amount of period style in order to optimally bring out its beauties. …the violin writing is usually more spare but absolutely brilliant when the violinist rises to the occasion, as Cotik does in the Rondo….The music is enchanting. The performances have unmistakable vitality, and they are optimally recorded…. So what are you waiting for? READ MORE