"Der israelische Geiger Vadim Gluzman wurde 1973 in der heutigen Ukraine geboren und wanderte 1990 mit seinen Eltern nach Israel aus. Sein wichtigster Mentor war Isaac Stern. Heute ist er ein international gefragter Solist, zu dessen breit gefächertem Repertoire insbesondere auch die zeitgenössische Musik zählt".

BBC music magazine

2020 September

Steph Power

2020 September

"The Concerto (1996-97) has become a classic. Its soulful, melancholic passion remains key to Vasks's ongoing impulse to re-ignite the connections with nature, beliefs and ideals that he sees everywhere. Here the Concerto is coupled with the equally intense 2001 Piano Quartet and lighter-hearted 2017 violin duo Summer Dances. All three feature Vadim Gluzman, effortlessly controlled in both orchestral and chamber settings ... Here and throughout the playing is superb".

Diapason

2020 octobre

Patrick Szersnovicz

2020 octobre

Fono Forum

2020 August

Martin Demmler

2020 August

"Er ist ein Meister des elegischen Tons: Der 1946 geborene Peteris Vasks gehört zu den wichtigsten Komponistenpersönlichkeiten des Baltikums ... Meisterhaft, wie der in Riga aufgewachsene Geiger Vadim Gluzman den ariosen, stellenweise aber auch hochvirtuosen Solopart immer wieder zum Leuchten bringt".

Gramophone

2020 September

Andrew Mellor

2020 September

"Distant light is surely the most-recorded violin concerto by a living composer ... It remains among the most representative of the Latvian composer's works, with its incantation-like melody built of a distinctly pained, Baltic shape ... Gluzman ... brings more fervour, more overt fortitude and a touch more vibrato to the solo line than Renaud Capuçon. But Gluzman is no stranger to Baltic music and the experience pays; his lack of fear does wonders for the work's pain ... In Summer Dances ... Gluzman and Sandis Šteinbergs are excellently matched ... There is zero showmanship".

Information and editions

2020

Musik (cd)Pēteris VasksBIS Records