Browse: Bax (composer), Piano Sonatas

[Bebbington] plays with tremendous authority, supported by a vivid recording with a appropriately wide dynamic range…Whatever his passions, private or public, Bax does what all worthwhile composers... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Not only does this gifted young pianist possess a rock-solid technique and striking keyboard finesse, his penetrating accounts of both these large-scale, single-movement sonatas make you sit... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Lee is surefooted along Bax’s sometimes meandering trails, with carefully delineated voicing. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Wass plays all this music straight and honestly, with a sure instinct for its idioms, without surrendering to the more self-indulgent aspects of Bax's chromaticism. Wass has plenty of power... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2005, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Live and unedited, the performances are gloriously liberated, as if all the pianists, finding themselves in a warmly sympathetic rather than intimidating environment, felt free to relax and give... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2011 More…

A marvellous collection of relatively unfamiliar works by diverse composers, most of whom wrote little music for piano. McCabe is an outstanding advocate, effortlessly capturing the spirit of... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2009 More…

Puckish Mozart, dreaming Debussy, heartfelt Korngold, elegant Bach, sultry Falla: Heifetz the magician is on full display in these 1940s recordings. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…