"Sweeping heroics in glorious technicolor"

"You know from the first stride onstage it's going to be an event"

"A remarkable feat of musicianship"

"Standing ovations, bravos, feet pounding in approbation, then too soon it was over."

"...best of the season at the Phil"

"Guest conductor Vladimir Verbitsky and an agile Naples Philharmonic Orchestra galloped through a 52-minute version of Rachmaninoff’s huge Second Symphony with strong spirit and expression.

"There were two standing ovations and five or six curtain calls after an evening that was a musical best for the season.

"Verbitsky ... was immersed in the work and in his troops, now waving his arms, now pulling his fingers into tiny birds, with instant response in volume and attack. He and the orchestra performed like soul mates..."

HARRIET HOWARD HEITHAUS, Naples News, April 17, 2009 Full Review