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BBC Music Magazine
March 2018
Recording of the Month

Laura van der Heijden (cello), Petr Limonov (piano)

Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119
Shaporin: Five Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 25
Miaskovsky: Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81
Liadov: 3 Morceaux, Op. 11: I. Prelude in B Minor (arranged for cello and piano)

"As these heartfelt performances demonstrate, these are not cowed and dutifully conservative works…Van der Heijden plays with attractively songful tone throughout, rich yet grainy in her instrument’s bass register. She is well-matched by Limonov’s sensitive piano playing, their phrasing very much hand in glove and yet spontaneous-sounding." - BBC Music Magazine March 2018