""...The superb tone of Hristov and the pointed playing of Valjarevic find an almost dancing quality to the musical surface of the first movement, the drama emerging naturally from that. The slow movement, an Adagio, has moments of magical fantasy where the music seems to find its way through gravity to another, more rarefied, space; this feeling is beautifully achieved by the present performers. Hristov’s control at the close of the Adagio is magnificent; it leads to a dancing, refreshing Scherzo. Hristov digs in nicely (the recording captures that aspect well). No doubting the dolce element of Hristov’s tone in the long, Lento melody that opens the finale, a movement that gains gradually in urgency as it progresses,

 

— Colin Clarke, Fanfare Magazine, 2018

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"...Respighi's later B minor Sonata also turns up in a fine recital by the Kaleidos Duo (violinist Miroslav Hristov and pianist Vladimir Valjarevic) that usefully collects a number of pieces together under the title 'Italy's "Generation of 1880" and Their Disciples', a reference to the group of Italian composers whose determinedly tonal outlook bucked contemporary trends (Romeo Records 7304). This gifted duo's urgently spontaneous reading, deeply felt and affectionately phrased, is the emotional nerve centre of a programme that also includes Dallapiccola's neo-Baroque Tartiniana seconda (an arresting 1956 rethink of Tartini's A minor Sonata), Ghedini's dreamily archaic Bizzaria and Rota's Improvviso, a lively take on Prokofiev (the booklet note is correct in asserting it is nominally based in C as opposed to the listings' D minor).  Rounding things off in style are Pizzetti's strikingly inventive Tre canti and two haunting cantos byMalipiero.

 

— Julian Haylock, The Strad, 2012

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"...Violinist Miroslav Hristov needn't take a back seat to any of the above. Bulgarian by birth, he's the real deal; all of the music on this disc is in his blood. He's on the violin faculty of the University of Tennessee's School of Music, but the CD was recorded in 2010 in Sofia's Bulgaria Chamber Hall, which provides a bright, vibrant acoustic setting for Hristov's finely honed, richly hued tone and Vladimir Valjarevic's resonant piano. Bosnian-American Valjarevic is on the piano faculty at Mannes College. Together, the Hristov/Valjarevic duo seeks to promote the rich cultural heritage of their native Balkan region, and I have to say that with this album they go long way toward achieving their mission. This is an immensely enjoyable and rewarding release, and one that comes with the highest recommendation."

 

— Jerry Dubins, Fanfare, 2012

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