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Pienaar displays his collections thematically, connecting dances and variations, imitative and evocative works that suggest battles and birdsong, that paint portraits, tell stories and write... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, 5 out of 5 starsMore…
Release Date:
7th Feb 2020
Catalogue No: AV2415
Label: Avie
Length: 2 hours 36 minutes
Awards:
BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, Instrumental Choice
His avowed aim in playing Mozart is to avoid the elegance and gracefulness of traditional performance-practice, and to bring out instead the music's nervous energy. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, 3 out of 5 starsMore…
Release Date:
15th Nov 2010
Catalogue No: AV2209
Label: Avie
Length: 4 hours 47 minutes
Awards:
Gramophone Magazine, February 2011, Editor's Choice
Ben-Pienaar certainly holds his own in these gentle, smiling, quirky pieces...[In the Diabellis] Ben-Pienaar is excellent, though he is less well recorded than he should be — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, 4 out of 5 starsMore…
as different as can be - yet without ever sounding contrived or perverse...Simply put, he makes the Goldbergs sound more like that other supreme set of piano variations, Beethoven's Diabelli... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 5 out of 5 starsMore…
Release Date:
24th Oct 2011
Catalogue No: AV2235
Label: Avie
Length: 56 minutes
CD
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Daniel-Ben Pienaar's performance are quite simply stunning. The instrument he plays matters much less than his musicianship, which is evident at every turn. His touch is light and sure, his... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2007More…
Release Date:
17th Sep 2007
Catalogue No: DXL1126
Label: Deux-Elles
Length: 96 minutes
Awards:
Building a Library, October 2018, Also Recommended
These are, in short, fresh, spontaneous, original readings that shed new light on the keyboard player's Bible. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 5 out of 5 starsMore…
Release Date:
2nd Dec 2013
Catalogue No: AV2299
Label: Avie
Length: 3 hours 44 minutes
Awards:
BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, Instrumental Choice
He's a thoughtful pianist with a fine technique and beautiful tonal variety. One fabulous moment is his performance of the F-minor Prelude: he plays it with a pale, almost lifeless tone and a... — American Record Guide, April 2004More…
I find nothing to criticize; these readings for me capture the spirit of Schubert’s piano style. His playing is at once natural and sympathetic, and blessedly free of artifice. — Fanfare, May/June 2021More…
Release Date:
20th Nov 2020
Catalogue No: AV2425
Label: Avie
Length: 5 hours 53 minutes
CD
$15.75
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