SACD, Liszt (composer)

The major discovery here is Hans Sitt's Op. 39 Albumblatter, six Schumannesque miniatures that Zimmermann nurtures and caresses with a bewitching range of tonal colours, further enhanced by... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Plank has a real command of light and shade. She's adept at creating musical perspective; a soft-edged, almost muted accompaniment against which foreground figures glint and sing in shades that... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2017 More…

The SACD sound is first-class and the booklet notes by both artists attractive, not least in drawing attention to the great artists of the past whose performances and arrangements are saluted... — MusicWeb International, November 2018 More…

Wallin offers a stream of full-throated, gloss-free tone, brilliant in the Grand Duo, and searchingly expressive elsewhere, with beautifully alert and supportive accompaniments from Pöntinen. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2015 More…

Liszt the great transcriber is mainly transcribed by others in this fascinating collection. Bischof's near-Schoenbergian orchestration of the Prelude and Fugue on BACH is the highlight. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…