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Wee is a sensation; there’s no other word to describe his jaw-dropping playing. This is the Australian pianist’s debut album, and it’s a blockbuster. All of this is captured in the most spectacular... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

Designed for children and amateurs, their charms are generally underrated by professionals – but Levit finds beauty in them, expressed with a warm touch and pleasing emotional directness. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 3 out of 5 stars More…

If you are yet to be convinced by Valentin Alkan's music, this intelligent and magnificently played programme, displaying contrasting sides of the composer's personality, is for you. As for... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Liu finds a rare – miraculous – balance between the liquidity that works so well in Chopin and the lightly plucked style that retains the essence of Rameau’s originally harpsichord-based music. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 5 out of 5 stars 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…

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…