Bach, J S

This isn’t one for the dyed-in-the-wool authenticist…fortunately, dessicated 'authenticity' has been supplanted by imaginatively experimenting performers supported by scholarly evidence…in the... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2015 More…

By far the finest track here is his transcription of the Chaconne from Bach’s Second Partita for Violin, where the purity of the line and the implied harmonic textures transfer from bowed strings... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

It’s the sort of music-making that, its intellectual grasp notwithstanding, clearly emanates from the heart. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2023 More…

'excellence’ doesn’t begin to do him justice. The grace and refinement of his playing seemed preternatural, a kind of perfection to which many pianists aspire but few attain – and none with... — International Piano, September/October 2020 More…

The playing is elegantly poised with remarkable expressive range. A prime example is Alessandrini’s performance of the Prelude and Fugue in A minor from the first book of the Well-Tempered Clavier:... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

…Suzuki's measured declamation linear clarity, together with tasteful responses to ornament, are among his greatest strengths. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The liner notes are candid in admitting that ‘many of the pieces...demand little technical prowess or musical sophistication’. Prowess and sophistication, of course, a two attributes Spányi... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…