The Critic's Chair for Sunday 14 April 2013

Robert Johnson features the cello with a new recording of Barber’s Cello Concerto and Cello Sonata by cellist Christian Poltéra, and New Zealand cellist Santiago Cañón Valencia makes his debut with challenging solo works including the fiendishly difficult Kodály Sonata.  Also, the latest from Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky playing Rachmaninov, and violinist Baiba Skide plays Stravinsky and Martin.