Gramophone Magazine reviews Jonah Kim and Sean Kennard’s Rachmaninoff & Barber Cello Sonatas recording in the 2020 Awards Issue:
“These are works of young firebrands, full of emotional urgency and heightened instrumental challenges, which are met to striking effect in the performances offered on this new recording by the cellist Jonah Kim and pianist Sean Kennard. … Kim and Kennard balance their efforts judiciously, with the cellist contributing poetic vibrancy and depth amid his colleague’s exceptional agility, nuance and power. … With his pulsating vibrato and intense expressivity, Kim asserts the cello’s eloquent personality throughout the varied atmospheres. Kennard brings utmost clarity and shapeliness to Barber’s pianistic utterances, which confirm that this composer was also a player of lofty accomplishment.”
—Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone