Vadim and Nikolai through the eyes of Richard Dyer

Mr. Dyer has weighed in on Vadim Repin and Nikolai Lugansky's April 8 recital at Jordan Hall.

Here's a snippet:

"Repin, still baby-faced, is technically irreproachable, playing with awesome security and equilibrium. His tone is huge, impeccably tuned, and, with the collaboration of a 1708 Stradivarius, gorgeous; his vibrato is imaginatively varied. The lanky Lugansky looks a little like Kiefer Sutherland and offers a middleweight sonority that never threatens to overwhelm the violin, even with the piano lid all the way up."

You gotta love Richard Dyer. Reading him regularly has spoiled us all. Here is the complete text of Pairing of Russian violinist and pianist stirs excitement at Jordan Hall from today's Boston.com.