Chopin - Mazurkas (3), Op. 63

At her best, she is truly among the truly great. In this latest release her authority, imagination, pianistic command and stylistic flexibility are profoundly impressive...Texturally translucent,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

All the Pollini hallmarks are here too: chiselled structure, aristocratic demeanour and lucid lines. It’s a serious approach, which isn’t to the detriment of these miniatures. He also judges... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Not only does he catch the rhythm, but his feel for nuance and colour misses no element of Chopin’s infinite imagination, and the balance of earthiness and elegance is well-nigh ideal…Ohlsson... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Anderszewski's musicality makes organic sense of the whole recital. It lives and breathes just as movingly as a whole as it does within any one of the miniatures in isolation, and that is a... — Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 28th November 2003 More…

It's controversial to say so, but such playing makes a mockery of present-day standards. All these performances prove that Rubinstein played the piano as naturally as a bird flies or a fish... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Recording in the studio, rather than at a live concert, quite naturally leads to a safe and uniform approach, which doesn't really serve the inspired inventiveness of the music. In some ways... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

this is a distinguished cycle, made more valuable by its inclusion of all the posthumous items. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2023 More…