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"impressive performances... the disc opens with a bracing account of Beethoven’s early E flat Sonata, Op 12 No 3. The players shape the opening movement intelligently...the finale has the requisite energy, exuberance and gruff humour...Amy Beach’s Romance exudes charm, and the performers make it blossom" 

- Gramophone Magazine

 

"performed with great energy...(the Shea-Kim Duo) creates a rich and intimate atmosphere, as they navigate the thrills and spills." 
- BBC Music Magazine

"Shea and Kim work exquisitely as a team, overlapping their lines so seamlessly they become inseparable. Shea’s throbbing tone at times gives way to a radiant purity and the music overall comes across as more than merely notes, more like real life."
-Strings Magazine

"This duo is very reluctant to hold back…they frankly play the bejeezus out of it.”

- American Record Guide, May/June issue
 
“lively, ebullient, and spikily accentuated performance”
- The Calgary Herald

"the deeply musical, expressive character and spiritual fusion of the Shea-Kim duo” 
- Classical Music Sentinel

"...rock star fire...opening the ears in fine and high style, the invigoration and reinvention work wonders. This set (the Sound and the Fury album) is sure to be seen and heard as another jewel in their crown.
- Midwest Record

"If one word sums up these performances, it's inspired. The duo are fully invested in the treatments, so much so it would be hard to imagine another duo's equaling theirs for intensity and engagement. Shea-Kim duo brings the three works vividly and magically to life on this superb recording."
- Textura

"a nice piece of musical craftsmanship, well worth being attentive for future recordings."
- Earrelevant