Piano Classics

If 26-year-old Philipp Kopachevsky is haunting in confidentiality, he is no less powerful in storm and stress. How he relishes the gazelle-like leaps of No. 8, the whimsy of No. 11 or the luminous,... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2016 More…

The monumental rhetorical stance of the ‘B-A-C-H’ Fantasy and Fugue poses significant challenges for the pianist, least its grandeur devolve into 12 minutes of undifferentiated banging. Fortunately,... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018 More…

This music is playful, virtuosic, expressive, formally expansive and anticipating Beethoven, but a stimulating listen on its own account. — Sunday Times, 8th October 2017 More…

Handel’s masterful suites shine in this well-articulated, controlled performance. I could have done with a little more crispness, and a greater distance between piano and mic. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 3 out of 5 stars More…

One factor that marks these readings out from previous accounts…is the judicious interplay between elements of jazz, even blues, and classical idioms at the time of Gershwin’s (tragically brief)... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2021 More…