A fascinating and rewarding issue. There is no doubting the firm belief in this music that exudes from Monteiro and Santos's performances.

[Monteiro] makes a good fist of it...João Paulo Santos does sound at home, he proves an adept interpreter, bringing out every nuance of the music. The sound is good. The accompanying booklet notes are quite detailed and informative, concentrating on the music rather than the composer. They make a good introduction to these works.

This program is both generously packed and very convincing. Bruno Monteiro and pianist Joäo Paulo Santos have already tackled some adventurous repertoire for Naxos and Brilliant Classics, and this may be their finest achievement on disc. The sound is excellent and ideally compliments the performances.

This is a most important record of previously-neglected 20th-century chamber music...We have to thank violinist Bruno Monteiro and his excellent partner Joao Paulo Santos for giving us this very well played and recorded CD, which makes a belated act of restitution for a notable composer.

Monteiro has a way of dramatically changing the tonal color of his instrument, sometimes note by note, based on the music's character at any given moment. A technique that his quite captivating and effective. Bruno Monteiro and pianist Joao Paulo Santos can't help but feed off each other's energy, be it bright or dark. Monteiro's eloquent playing cuts through its tough exterior and reveals the earnest intensity burning at its core.

Here, once more, is very clear the artistry of both musicians: virtuoso playing, technical command, the profound knowledge of the works. There are no reservations. These artists are the first choise right away amoung the existing versions. They offer outstanding readings where we can hear the richness and
power of seduction..

Monteiro's tone is always clean, golden, and vibrant, qualities he maintains throughout the program. Monteiro and Santos make a splendid team, keeping the drama of the piece moving forward with a pulsating, scintillating enchantment

Wide use of mute, sonorities close to irony or harmonically unstable intervals, propitiated by the search for a consolidated modernity, flow with naturalness in the bow of Bruno Monteiro, great connoisseur of these sonatas

The works are played with lively spirit and idiomatic sensitivity by Bruno Monteiro on violin and João Paulo Santos on piano. This volume spells out his brilliance. I do recommend it very strongly.

Monteiro possesses a fine tone and technique… and does not hold back; he attacks this music with relish, fully understanding its idiom and purpose. All in all, a fascinating glimpse of a different side of Schulhoff.

A fully Portuguese production by two great Portuguese artists. Monteiro and Santos play the Sonatas for violin and piano, the Suite that opens the recital (five beautiful dances with classic touch) and the Sonata for solo violin, in whose four movements Monteiro shines; Monteiro and Santos make a beautiful album… And Brilliant points out a new tide in its recoveries, on the other hand, so accessible to modest pockets without modest pretensions and goals

Works Schulhoff: Sonata for Solo Violin Schulhoff: Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 1, Op. 7 Schulhoff: Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 2nd Schulhoff: Suite for violin and piano, WV18 Groups & Artists Monteiro, Bruno