“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 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.”

“Whatever the technical pressures involved, Liebeck maintains his characteristically velvety warmth of sound, gently cushioning any percussive outbursts and segueing between musical events with a naturalness that recalls the music’s original Bachian inspiration. Even when, as in the Second Sonata’s opening ‘Obsession’, the music is splintered by specific Bachian echoes, Liebeck weaves a thoroughly compelling emotional narrative out of the various disparate elements.”

“one of the finest accounts of the Schoenberg concerto that I have encountered... not just because of its clarity of detail but for its overall realization of the music... brilliantly conceived...”

“Stellar Brahms and an expressive Schoenberg: Jack Liebeck responds with astonishing command, allowing the music’s expression to speak with a real degree of freedom, even fantasy
5 star - Performance
5 star - Recording
RECORDING OF THE MONTH”

“Liebeck combines a beguiling silvery sound with tantalising interpretative restraint, free of heart-on-the-sleeve rhetoric... captured in naturally glowing yet detailed sound, he somehow makes the Konzertstück sound like a masterpiece in full bloom.”

“restrained treatment restores a gem”

“what Liebeck seems to be saying is that Bruch needs no additional sweeteners. His playing is unpretentious and strikingly introspective, resulting in an Adagio of quiet dignity...

...urgent, vibrant playing from Liebeck, who embraces every opportunity for contrast”

“superlatively good playing here. Jack Liebeck, a justly celebrated musician, offers gloriously clear-toned and intelligent renditions—revealed by an exquisitely balanced recording quality”

“Liebeck is a red-blooded, eloquent advocate throughout.”

“The passion of the playing derives naturally from the fierce intensity that inhabits the themes of the first movement; but then, in the second, Liebeck can summon up the tenderest emotional reveries before harnessing the powerful energy and rhythmic bite that lend the finale such exciting momentum.

...delightful mix of charm and bucolic spirit through Liebeck’s remarkable artistry and imagination.”

“A whimsical bow, a coaxing tone, a natural grace and virtuosity exalt the seduction of these miniatures”
- Diapason Magazine - 5 stars

”In contrast to the concert-hall projection of Perlman, Liebeck plays these miniatures with a salonesque intimacy and glowing cantabile to rival even the composer.
- BBC Music Magazine - 5 stars

“...This is unquestionably a Kreisler disc to which I l’ll be returning often and always with pleasure.”
- International Record Review

“...AN OUTSTANDING RELEASE”
- The Strad Magazine

“THESE ARE SO REFRESHINGLY BRIGHT AND ZESTFUL THEY FEEL LIKE NEW PIECES”
- The Observer

“Jack Liebeck, with his 1785 Guadagnini, and the Russian pianist Katya Apekisheva are are such rare interpreters and make this CD a glorious monument to the legacy of Kreisler””

“Even those who find Heifetz’s performance of the Fantasy to be nonpareil should find much to admire in Liebeck’s version, and his playing in the Third Concerto sets a sort of new standard that should inspire its devotees and stimulate others to re-evaluate the piece’s strengths and weaknesses—and the recording transmits everything with opulent clarity. Most enthusiastically recommended.
- Fanfare Magazine

...this is a top-drawer release, absolutely enlightening in terms of the Concerto and quite one of the best versions of the Fantasy.
- ClassicalSource.com

”Liebeck’s playing is consistently fresh and his phrasing always imaginative”

“Choice of the Month - Classica Magazine July/August 2015”

“In this fine set Jack Liebeck approaches Brahms with true Romantic fervour. His tone is sweet and effortlessly expressive, his lyrical spans marked by many a tastefully judged portamento.”
- Strad Magazine

”Liebeck’s dark tone and quiet strength is nicely offset by Apekisheva’s limpid grace and immaculate sensitivity. Beautifully done, on a level with some of the classic couplings in these works, and highly recommended.”
- The Guardian”