Grand Piano

So the journey ends. A project that began back in 1994 has finally reached its conclusion with this sixth volume...Walker’s dedication to the cause and determination to see it through demands... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2020 More…

Cramer’s studies are not simply methodological exercises which would have had a tendency to be as dry as dust...at his best Cramer comes close to the Polish master in synthesising musical material... — MusicWeb International, August 2012 More…

Sergeev’s sound is warm and full, and Ayrapetyan ably evokes the multi-instrument ensemble on which Komitas would have first encountered this music, implying pensive plucks, low growls and wistful... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Walker is excellent - keeping things moving, fresh, breezy, never too Russian for a composer who sounds - counter to his overtly nationalistic ideals - surprisingly occidental. — MusicWeb International, 31st July 2013 More…

Fruhlingsboten has some lovely lyrical writing that's reminiscent of Schumann, and Nguyen's emotional engagement is often rewarding...Performances are winning without always being truly commanding. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Burleson proves to be a fine advocate for this music: He balances just the right amount of elegance and grace with the fieriness that this music requires. And he is a virtuoso par excellence,... — Fanfare, March/April 2020 More…