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The quality of music-making on the disc is very solid… Seriously, this is good quality music making and lovely to listen to. — Early Music Review, August 2013 More…

Pfaff's awesome fingers make light work of such technically demanding showpieces...clearly a name to watch and his dexterity must be the envy of many young pianists. This is a fine disc. — Classic FM Magazine, September 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

I love the bell like tunes the richness of the bass and the virtuosity; he is a fantastic virtuoso … he has tremendous power at his disposal…this is very big Debussy, very bright colours and... — CD Review, 9th January 2016 More…

Ophelie Galliard plays admirably: springy in fast passages...and soulful elsewhere...Good support and lovely obbligatos from Pulcinella. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2013 More…

He combines virtuoso technique and sharp intellect, underscoring the extremes of freedom and rigour that lie at the heart of these works, and the playing is by turns pliant, controlled, spartan,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

“The performances…challenge the safe conformity, the curious predicatiblty that smooths the edges in so many Satie recitals…there is an improvisatory, mercurial air about much of the palying... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…