Browse: Chamber, Scarlatti, D (composer)

This isn’t one for the dyed-in-the-wool authenticist…fortunately, dessicated 'authenticity' has been supplanted by imaginatively experimenting performers supported by scholarly evidence…in the... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2015 More…

'excellence’ doesn’t begin to do him justice. The grace and refinement of his playing seemed preternatural, a kind of perfection to which many pianists aspire but few attain – and none with the... — International Piano, September/October 2020 More…

This colossal account of Liszt’s great, arching tone-poem for piano...has never really been surpassed for technical authority. — Sunday Times, 3rd January 2010 More…

By far the finest track here is his transcription of the Chaconne from Bach’s Second Partita for Violin, where the purity of the line and the implied harmonic textures transfer from bowed strings... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

What a pleasure to encounter the full extent of Iturbi’s superb piano playing and elegant musicianship...Beethoven’s Andante favori is a model of tenderness and poise. It also prominently displays... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2016 More…

Bream's sampler shows his passionate best. The (complete) Aranjuez Concerto is unsurpassed; Falla's Miller's Dance blazes; 'impossible' Rodrigo dazzles. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is an essential set for lovers of piano playing. The vast majority of the transfers are superior to anything that has been issued previously, there are a number of recordings appearing on... — Fanfare, July/August 2023 More…

O’Brien is a patrician artist who plays with a gorgeous, pure tone, elegant phrasing, and remarkable fluidity in even the most demanding passages. She is also a keenly imaginative artist; one... — Fanfare, July/August 2023 More…