http://www.theartsdesk.com/classical-music/classical-cds-weekly-bridge-mahler-ksenija-sidorova

“Hearing this life-enhancing CD got me thinking about why some organ music gives me the heebie-jeebies and accordion music generally doesn’t; it’s to do with the way that a good accordionist can make the instrument vocalise and sing, whereas an organ chord played by insensitive fingers can be just a solid, stark parp – the sound of the funeral parlour. In short, an accordion can speak as if it’s alive. The young Latvian player Ksenija Sidorova’s debut disc succeeds triumphantly through a mixture of imaginative programming and staggering technique. There’s a mixture of fun transcriptions and tougher, ear-stretching contemporary works written for the instrument.”