Browse: La Dolce Volta (label)

Bianconi, who traces his pedagogical lineage back to Ravel’s circle, compels the listener to share his focus...For him, elegant restraint means committing to specific choices. Call it radical... — The New York Times, 28th September 2023 More…

Collard shares with his erstwhile associate Vladimir Horowitz the gift for shaping Rachmaninov’s labyrinthine lines to three-dimensional effect while, at the same time, bringing an incisive edge... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2019 More…

As far as sound is concerned this is surely one of the most sensuous of recent surveys of the Preludes. Philippe Bianconi’s tone is consistently warm…There are certainly many fine sounds here... — International Record Review, November 2012 More…

The playing itself is of a very high order, as befits a Geneva first prize and Tchaikovsky Silver Medal winner. The 27-year-old Russian has a rare feeling for the gentle wistfulness of Medtner’s... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2020 More…

Ciccolini erases much of his former debonair self and opts for playing of a notable depth and drama...Nothing is glossed, everything is considered, and in the [k457] Sonata's storming finale... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2013 More…

For all the beauty of the playing, there are times, perhaps, when Pressler can seem over-poetic...But this lavishly produced recording, the first in a promised series of the complete Mozart sonatas,... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…