" The musicians are excellent. Both studies in Paris, and both enjoy impressive solo careers. They have a owonderful rapport as a duo and a lovely feeling for Saint-Saen’s music."

"French violinist Fanny Clamagirand is joined by her regular duo partner, pianist Vanya Cohen in the second volume of Saint-Saëns Music for Violin and Piano The main works here are the Suite in D Minor, Op 16 and the Violin Sonata No 2 in E-Flat Major, Op 102…A short Méditation and two works originally for cello—the Romance in C Major, Op 48, and The Swan—round out the CD. Clamagirand and Cohen have exactly the right mix of technical bravura and musical insight to make these works sound terrific." 

"... If Fanny Clamagirand impressed me in Volume 1 of Saint-Saëns’s mostly music transcribed for violin and piano, I’m awed by her in Volume 2. She has technique to burn, her high notes are silver-toned, her intonation is true; she plays with high spirits, vivacity, and panache in the up-tempo, upbeat music, and with serious, sensitive, and affectionate demeanor in the slower, emotive music. Pianist Vanya Cohen is Clamagirand’s coequal in every way. The recording leaves nothing to be desired, and the program contains over an hour’s worth of wonderful works, some of them not heard that often, especially in violin and piano versionsthis new release at hand is enthusiastically recommended, and without a single reservation."

****   (Excellent Disc)