"A rich audio-visual presentation such as Priday's sets a very high bar for other performers to match... In its completed form, Manucharyan deemed the project 'an exceptionally fulfilling experience,' and one expects anyone would reach the same conclusion after being exposed to this totally gripping recording. On both conceptual and performance grounds, Fluid Dynamics qualifies as a triumph."
Violinist Rachel Lee Priday has been widely acclaimed for her beauty of tone. Her riveting stage presence, and “irresistible panache”, according to the Chicago Tribune, has won her friends all over the world from major international orchestras such as the Chicago, Seattle, and National Symphony Orchestras, as well as in recitals at the Lincoln Center and Ravinia’s ‘Rising Stars’.
“Her sound is big and luscious enough to ride the orchestral crests comfortably, yet supple enough to make the singing paragraphs soar. Her bow work combines dazzling dexterity with an idiomatic feel for Prokofiev’s quirky Slavic rhythms. Not only did she pour out endless floods of ardent lyricism in the slow movement, but she also dispatched the finale’s whirling bravura with irresistible panache.”
“Sunday’s soloist, Rachel Lee Priday, boasts an impressive resumé of concert and recital performance. She played the opening theme in the violin’s low register powerfully and easily tossed off the work’s challenging pyrotechnics, playing almost constantly, with only a few measures of rest during the entire piece.”
