"...the Paganini Variations have the same sort of pyrotechnic feeling as the mono recording that brought Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli to everyone's attention ca. 1950. Tension there is plenty in this account, but it is sharply romanticized, full-toned and wholly successful in terms that are not likely to come back into fashion soon."
--Fanfare

2202-GINASTERA

"...Ginastera's brilliantly incisive music might have been written for the special talents of this pianist: The lyrical and percussive extremes of the composer's distinctive style fully exploit Rodriguez' remarkable combination of introspective, poetic delicacy and explosive virtuosity."
--Peter G. Davis --New York Magazine

2206-SPANISH ALBUM

"...One of the most charming and enjoyable piano records around is a look at some Spanish (and Cuban) piano music played by Santiago Rodriguez. Mr. Rodriguez is a polished, convincing exponent of this material...he applies a lovely patina to his playing..."
--Harold C. Schonberg --The New York Times

2220-RACHMANINOV-PROKOFIEV Piano Concertos No. 3

"...This brilliant American virtuoso takes charge immediately and steers his way through the entire concerto with blazing conviction, tremendous technical strength, unswerving concentration and galvanic excitement - but always under absolute control. Among current CDs of the Rachmaninov Third, this goes immediately to the top of the list. I'm familiar with over 60 commercially-issued recordings of the work, and I have no hesitation in placing Rodriguez/Tabakov in the top five."
--American Record Guide

"...The most positively macho, dramatic, and emotionally riveting performances within long memory. At last we have among us a true artist quite unafraid of being a dramatic virtuoso, the greatest since Kapell."
--Musical America

2228-TCHAIKOVSKY-GRIEG-LISZT Piano Concertos

"...Rodriguez' nimble sprint through these overly familiar concertos rejuvenate both music and listener...tenderness without schmaltz...velocity without violence...sensitivity of voicing...playing with such a strong point of view...Even if you think you know this music too well-or perhaps especially if you do-you should give this disc a try..."
--Peter J. Rabinowitz --Fanfare

2240-BACH-REGER

"...these pieces (Reger's Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart ) have been recorded fairly often though never in better performances than this...the real surprise comes from Reger's transcriptions of bach's Brandenburg Concertos No. 3 and 5. This performances establishes the value of these transcriptions as substantial art in their own right. It has the special fascination of familiar music heard in an unfamiliar form, and it almost convinces one that Bach might have first imagined this music played on two keyboards..."
--Joseph McLellan --The Washington Post

82244 -RACHMANINOV Solo piano works -Volume I

"...probably the deftest performance of the D-minor Sonata in the catalog...This is advertised as the first volume in a complete run of Rachmaninov's solo works-which, if the present is any guide to the future, will be a substantial addition to the catalog. Certainly, this first volume is enthusiastically recommended..."
--Peter J. Rabinowitz --Fanfare

82248-RACHMANINOV Solo piano works -Volume II

"...Rodriguez offers some of the most commanding, strongly-etched, and thoroughly convincing interpretations this music has ever been given. If you missed the first volume (ƒLAN-82244) containing the Preludes Op. 32 and Sonata No. 1, pick it up together with the latest installment. Both offer Rachmaninov playing on the very highest level."
--Don Manildi --American Record Guide

82250-RACHMANINOV Solo piano works -Volume III

"...Though he gives Rachmaninov all the sumptuousness you could want, Rodriguez also finds the dissonant note that gives the music emotional counterpoint..."
--David Patrick Stearns --Classical Pulse..."The Best Classical CDs of 1995"

82268-PIANO IN HOLLYWOOD