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Both in his musical and literary responses, Christian Gerhaher leaves nothing unquestioned. Each word is weighed. Each note calibrated. Yet for all that, seemingly spontaneous and instinctive,... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

What you will get is a new sense of the sheer physicality of the music…What’s fascinating about Levit’s whole cycle is the crazy tempos at which he takes the first Allegros and Prestos…Where... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The first surprise of this album – which you will absolutely want to hear – is the subtlety and intimacy of Levit’s playing…Only a handful of pianists have scaled the heights of Stevenson’s... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The [Goldberg] Aria sings without affectation as if to emphasise that what follows isn't about the theme but what happens to it...Unstarchy too is Levit's approach to Beethoven's Diabelli Variations...As... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

highlights include a finely attentive account of the G minor Piano Quartet, showing vivid collegiality between the performers; Andsnes’s C minor Fantasy, perfectly balanced and full of dramatic... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

At its most larger-than-life, a thrilling recording not for the faint-hearted; but it’s also a heart-on-sleeve reminder of Liszt’s abiding versatility. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

It’s a treat to hear Ma lend his still-flawless technique to this selection. His light and transparent tone floats serenely above the Concerto’s dense harmonic landscape, and the arrangements... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It has a magic of its own which Andsnes casts equally, with his pure-source sound and range of colours, over early, middle and late Sibelius. The crystalline cascades of the Impromptu that launches... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Kaufmann is a consummate artist who rethinks everything that he sings…You can almost forgive the hooded, crooner-like tone that [he] favours when his characters are interrogating their souls.... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Those who are searching for perfection can stop here...this set, the first solo recording from Russo-German pianist Igor Levit, sets a new standard that will be very difficult to surpass...I... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…