The Observer Classical CD of the Month Bach Piano Concertos Anthony Holde …the disc to their considerable skills as they romp through four of Bach’s concertos for two pianos in high style with the Zürich Chamber Orchestra under Howard Griffiths.…
The Independent J. S. Bach – Keyboard Concertos Rob Cowan 7th February 2005 The idea of “trick” recording goes back to the days of 78s when Elisabeth Schumann sang in duet with herself and Heifetz played both parts of Bach’s…
Gramophone Brahms; Saint-Saëns Works for Two Pianos The sonata can hide many pitfalls but the Pekinels avoid them brilliantly Bryce Morrison, 2005 A quick glance at Warner Classics’s note reminds us that the twin sisters Güher and Süher Pekinel studied…
Fono Forum Concentrated – Giselher Schubert, December 2014 In these live recordings, Güher and Süher Pekinel are in impressive form. Their duetting is technically flawless and they achieve a unison in interpretation that seems virtually instinctual. Furthermore, there is also a…
BBC Music Magazine Calum Mac Donald … Pekinel’s turn in a very creditable performance of the sonata op. 34 by Brahms. The music is beautifully paced and articulated, performed with great emotional sympathy and ideal plasticity of phrasing…This is very…
Bayerischer Rundfunk Classical Music Portal Wolf Loeckle, 28.02.2005 …Cembalo-concertos of Bach count to the most beautiful of their repertoire. But sometimes they even sound better on the piano, especially when the piano is being played like by Turkish twin sisters…
Selection of Turkish Interviews Cumhuriyet-Pazar We talked with the world-famous piano duo Güher and Süher Pekinel about their music education systems in three different areas and the future of our world. “Humanity has always stood up with hope, despair will…
Daily Telegraph …The Pekinel sisters are Turkish identical twins. Possessed with a sixth sense, they have formed what is possibly the most intriguing piano duo now before the public. And on Monday at Wigmore Hall the playing positively brimmed over…
Klassik Heute J. S. Bach – Keyboard Concertos Peter Cosé I dare to count the Bach-recording which is mentioned here to the best productions of the last years. Elastically, inventive in the musical Alchemy of Melos and fuged eruditeness, brilliant…
Le Figaro …The sight of a personal unity divided between two ravishing personalities is fascinating. Both sisters display an unerring technical and incomparable sensitivity. The audience was, of course, overwhelmed.