Download, Scarlatti, D (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…

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…

'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…

a musical personality of a beguiling charm, a quality rarely encountered in today's more severe musical climate...You are reminded, too, of a naturalness and insouciance far removed from so... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2015 More…

After a perfectly paced Consolation No. 3 (Liszt), zippy A prole do bebê (Villa-Lobos) and charming transcription of Salut d’amour (Elgar), Thibaudet slips in some of his own arrangements…In... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Bream's sampler shows his passionate best. The (complete) Aranjuez Concerto is unsurpassed; Falla's Miller's Dance blazes; 'impossible' Rodrigo dazzles. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The album makes a welcome change from the endless recycling of clarinet warhorses elsewhere in the catalogue. Plaudits to Sony for giving Fröst freedom to traverse this breadth of repertoire,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…