“Nina Kotova…shows her own abundant prowess as a performing artist in a wide-ranging program of works for solo cello. … [J.S. Bach’s] far-reaching Prelude [from Suite No. 3] sets the stage, followed by a rambunctious Allemande whose rhythms Kotova really seems to relish.… the Gigue (“Jig” to you) is a lively romp, its delight enchanced by Kotova’s discretely tapping on her instrument’s sound case.… Handel’s Passacaglia, marked maestoso, is characterized by an emotionally charged opening with well- struck pizzicati. There’s a lot of variety and contrast in this piece, typically in triple metre with a bass-ostinato, and Kotova really throws herself into it., emphasizing its well laid-out preportions and the variety of bowing techniques and types of attack necessary to realize it.… Lastly, we are treated to Suite per Violoncello Solo by Spanish cellist and composer Gaspar Cassadó (1897-1966). Kotova, who is likewise making a name for herself in both of these musical disciplines, relishes its passionately probing Preludio, its Sardona, a dance marked Allegro giusto, and its concluding Intermezzo”

—Phil Muse, Atlanta Audio Club