Browse: APR (label)

this latest issue provides ample confirmation of a stature too long unrecognised...The treacherous leaps at the close of the march from Schumann’s Fantasie hold no terrors for Fiorentino, and... — International Piano, March 2021 More…

The complete solo 78-rpm recordings & Fauré LPs reveals an artist with a crystalline touch and a sure feeling for balance and rubato. There is a tendency to take fast pieces very fast, which... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

A chance to discover the elegant playing of this largely forgotten pianist. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2015 More…

Bowen's supple musicianship and commanding technique (you sense there's always more in reserve) could hold their own with anyone's in his era. His Beethoven and Debussy are special. Reasonable... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2009, 4 out of 5 stars 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…

All Stevenson's readings flow with an inner warmth, a musical breathing that has little to do with stereotypical rubato and, above all, a desire to speak and communicate with all the richness... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2006 More…

one of the indisputably great pianists in history, albeit captured when he was judged to be past his prime (he was 65 when he made his first disc recording) - though few living pianists at the... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2012 More…