"The European musical traditions on which Ysaÿe draws run through Liebeck’s blood as well. He’s also an old-time virtuoso reborn, able to fiddle away with such a flourish that you expect his violin to catch fire, yet never once letting stunts and preening dominate over musicality. One way or another, he makes this music all his own."
"...in every track Liebeck excels in capturing the fury, poetry, madness and dazzle of Ysaÿe’s haunting music."
The Times ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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“…a remarkably penetrating intellect is wedded to a very disciplined technique here. Liebeck’s interpretive decisions are all made on the basis of the internal logic of each sonata and never in order to dazzle the listener, which would be all too easy in such exhibitionist, virtuosic music.”
American Record Guide
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“…Of course, the technical challenges are immense, and Liebeck meets and surmounts them with precision and seeming ease, but more than that he feels a strong kinship with the music itself, encompassing as it does the European violin tradition from Bach to Bartók.”
Limelight Magazine (Australia)⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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“In a crowded field, Liebeck’s performance is outstanding – spacious and eloquent, played with a warmth and sense of line that betrays none of the music’s technical demands.”
The Guardian - Pick of the Week