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"Four Stars ... their richly confident playing is startlingly good: taut, precise and immaculately phrased. Yuri Zhislin coaxes tangible excitement in the exhilarating finale of the Serenade for Strings and couples tremendous colour and vitality with meticulous attention to detail in the sextet Souvenir de Florence, heard here in an attractive arrangement for string orchestra. Recommended." - The Guardian This debut album from the Russian Virtuosi of Europe presents two of Tchaikovsky's best known works, conducted by the orchestra's founder Yuri Zhislin. Boasting some of the finest European musicians, all recognized solo and chamber musicians brought up in the best traditions of the Russian instrumental school, the ensemble has collaborated with the legendary father of Russian rock, Boris Grebenshikov, along with many other distinguished musicians including Sergei Nakariakov and the Oistrakh String Quartet. "I could not think of a better composer than Tchaikovsky and two of his most beloved works, Souvenir de Florence, which I had adapted for a string orchestra (it was originally written for a string sextet) and Serenade for Strings to be included on our debut ... what you hear on this album is the result of a collaboration between great friends united by their passion and love of making music together ... I do hope that this recording paves the way to many more to come and that you will enjoy listening to it as much as we loved making it." - Yuri Zhislin