Download, Chopin (composer)

'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…

Behind the flowers, butterflies and soulful photos there lies some very classy piano-playing...Buniatishvili's playing is eloquent indeed: her voicing is expertly balanced in the opening Bach... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Given Villa-Lobos’s close affinity with the last of these it’s no surprise that the various Bach Preludes and Fugues are generally the most convincing transcriptions. If the Dmajor fugue brings... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 2 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

this latest issue provides ample confirmation of a stature too long unrecognised...The treacherous leaps at the close of the march from Schumann’s Fantasie hold no terrors for Fiorentino, and... — International Piano, March 2021 More…

There is plenty of lovely piano-playing here, from a fleet-footed Bach Chromatic Fantasy to an architecturally conceived Isolde’s Liebestod, which is my personal highlight. The choices of repertoire... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2019 More…

Taken as a whole, these performances throw open a window to a bygone era, revealing a musician less prone to what our modern ears might consider the wilful affectations of pianists like Hambourg... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2018 More…