CD, Albéniz (composer)

No point trying to fault anything: the lightness and flexibility of her touch takes the breath away, and her sound is at every moment transparently controlled, each piece displaying insight... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Childhood memories are summoned, plus people and places…Indeed, there’s so much playfulness and charm here that the listener might well pant for some extra ballast from meatier things. It comes... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Halász avoids cliché, the more familiar repertoire tempered by the lesser known, and contrasts of style and substance. Halász’s playing is deeply expressive, finding a huge variety of tones.... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

In his selection of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, Freire, like Gilels before him, explores a whole world of intimate feeling and a melancholy at the heart of Grieg’s indelibly northern nature (‘At your... — International Piano, January 2020 More…

Frang is on supremely agile and graceful form, but it’s rather a musical pick-and-mix. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Garcia’s smooth, rich and sweet sound and impeccable virtuosity, in a spacey and warm acoustic, may not be a totally individual voice yet. But this [is] a delight for everyone, from the curious... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…