Piano Classics

all I can say is that in each of the 27 studies Chochieva comes as close as anyone to how I hear the ideal performance in my head...No details are overlooked yet without drawing undue attention... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2015 More…

Gugnin’s new disc is nothing short of disarming. This is some of the finest Liszt-playing one is likely to encounter these days, rich with affective contrasts, pliant and organic rubato, an... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2019 More…

Gaia Federica Caporiccio plays with a winsome freshness, offering some finely shaped melodies (for instance, the first of the Pièces lyriques, “Rapelle-toi!”) and some insightful rubato (listen,... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2022 More…

It takes a certain kind of temperament and a superior finger technique to take [Alkan] on. Those who cut the mustard are few and far between. Mark Viner is such a one and with this, the third... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2020 More…

Another exceptional release from this outstanding British talent. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2021 More…

Her 12 characterful miniatures, one for each month, all superb, range from a sparkling scherzo to a bittersweet serenade. Martina Frezzotti is an engaging guide. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Viner has an unerring sense of balance, so the various lines decorating the main material never choke it. But he combines that with the ability to produce an achingly beautiful bel canto tone... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

Technically Viner is amazingly accurate, yet nothing sounds glib; he never makes a single ugly sound and his pedalling is so surely judged that…each and every note can be heard…the playing makes... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

One of the more striking aspects of Maltempo’s approach to these works is his inerrant sense of timing. There’s no rush to arrival: every scintillating detail is savoured at leisure, without... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2017 More…