Strong performance by Ukraine-born, US-based guitarist Marina Alexandra, who holds her own(style) next to others who have recorded this music, including Koshkin himself.

She even outdoes chief Koshkin interpreter Vladimir Mikulka for making the most facile of notes in Koshkin's language entertaining. For example, where Mikulka goes for a pop-blues swing rhythm in The Three Stations on One Road, Alexandra makes the same section sound downright Brazilian-and she shows a better grasp of the work's lyrical passages. Mostly she has Koshkin's own performances to compete with.

"A Moment of Magic CD has very rich and robust sonics.

So my recommendation is this: get Alexandra's CD for your Koshkin fix!"

-Ellis (American Record Guide)