“While the Russian pianist can fire out semiquavers with mind blurring speed and accuracy, it was a performance that went beyond vertiginous velocity. An espressivo theme was an elegantly voiced nod to Rachmaninov, against sighs of muted strings. Stier fashioned the second movement as a showcase for the piquant, chiseled woodwind playing that was the order of the evening; later, a rapturous nocturne had Mursky soaring effortlessly above the orchestra.”