Soovin Kim - Press Reviews

Album: Chausson and Fauré

Fauré’s First Violin Sonata affords more room for virtuosity for both piano and violin. Kim manages the speed of the outer Allegros with a grace that is somehow also languid at times, while his cascades of spiccato in the third movement never threaten to disturb the faultless give-and-take between violin and piano. Denk, meanwhile, adds a playful intensity to the first movement and produces a refreshingly soft-edged tone in the Andante. These interpretations are often more forceful than some lovers of French music might like, but on the other hand there’s a joie de vivre that makes the disc recommendable.

Chris Elcombe, The Strad, February 2009

Album: Paganini Caprices

…these caprices are rich with feeling in addition to being fleet and dazzling in a pyrotechnic sense…Kim imbues his performance of each caprice with such dynamic contrasts that your ears keep up with it…it is a terrific recording, and is easily recommendable.

All Music, April 2006

Kim emerges thrillingly triumphant.[…] A thrilling debut disc.

Classic FM Magazine