Prokofiev - Four Portraits and Dénoument from ‘The Gambler’, Op. 49

[The Gambler Suite is] typical Prokofiev cut-and-paste, but there’s great lyric warmth in the way Dima Slobodeniouk and his Lahti players handle the opening these and the pathos of Babulenka,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

this CD is welcome as an introduction, not only to The Gambler but to the even rarer Semyon Kotko — Classic CD More…