Instrumental, Piano Solos, Etudes, Glass, P (composer)
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Ólafsson’s interpretations inhabit a unique, distinct and extraordinary world all their own...[he] possesses that rare gift of illuminating a familiar work in unexpected ways, revealing hidden... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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This is an achievement on a pretty spectacular new level, and the range of musical sensibility she demonstrates here is vast...her rhythmic sense [in the Ligeti] keeps the music aloft and totally... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, Insturmental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Instrumental
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The musical language is popular late 20th century – not much extended harmony – and lots and lots of broken chords and arpeggios...Ultimately, though, the message in these pieces is explored... —
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The interior melodies in the first of Philip Glass’s Etudes rise to the surface like foam on the seashore in Vicky Chow’s new recording of Nos 1-10 (Book 1)...Chow’s own phenomenal technique... —
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