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…everything here is a delight. Mompou's miniatures grow under Andsnes's skilful hands, Scriabin exudes his perfume, and Smetana evokes the full-dress glory of Central European domestic pianism.... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, 5 out of 5 stars
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Gramophone Magazine
November 2006
Editor's Choice
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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2005-09-30 Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2006-06-18 Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk. Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2006-06-18 Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2006-06-18 Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2005-09-30 Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2006-06-18 Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2006-06-18 Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2006-06-18 Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2005-09-05 Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2005-09-30 Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk Show 13 remaining works on this recording Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2005-09-30 Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2006-06-18 Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2006-06-18 Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2005-09-30 Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2005-09-30 Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2005-09-30 Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2006-06-18 Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2005-09-30 Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2006-06-18 Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2005-09-30 Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2006-06-18 Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Recorded: 2005-09-30 Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk Hide 13 works on this recording
“I was lucky to grow up in a country where we can enjoy silence. To get to the mountains, to hear a brook running, a bird singing, that’s really music for me”
Leif Ove Andsnes
October 2006
…everything here is a delight. Mompou's miniatures grow under Andsnes's skilful hands, Scriabin exudes his perfume, and Smetana evokes the full-dress glory of Central European domestic pianism. Pieces by Grieg and Johan Halvorsen bring this patriotic Norwegian lad back home.
2010
Andsnes here reveals a hitherto hidden side to his art – the salon charmer. Some of the pieces are favourites from his childhood, though it is not every nine-year-old who has tackled Sibelius's uncharacteristically jolly 'Staccato' Etude or mastered Chopin's First Impromptu with such fluency and grace. Appealing, too, is the drama and sweep he brings to Liszt's Liebestraum No 3 (though it will not suit everyone's taste) and his avoidance of cliché, while the Norwegian's own transcription of Halvorsen's Chant de Veslemöy (originally for violin), Ibert's Le petit âne blanc and Debussy's Clair de lune are played with a beguil- ing innocence, ravishing tonal finesse and – most important – palpable affection.
November 2006
Andsnes here reveals a hitherto hidden side to his art - the salon charmer. …Ibert's Le petit âne blanc and Debussy's Clair de lune are played with a beguiling innocence, ravishing tonal finesse and - most important - palpable affection. Bravura highlights include Gieseking's effulgent transcription of Richard Strauss's Ständchen and Smetana's Am Seegestade ("By the sea")... The whole recital is superbly recorded. As Andsnes himself says, "It's great to see people walk away from a concert with a smile on their face". This disc has the same effect.
