Alliance

based on the music presented on this CD, I am convinced that the search for other ‘lost’ works will be well worth the effort. James Friskin is no ‘forgotten genius’: his essays are never going... — MusicWeb International, August 2012 More…

Feltsman's imaginative and creative ornaments and embellishments consistently delight and surprise...You may not get painstaking dynamic gradations or micro-managed contouring of lines...but... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2013 More…

The performances are as persuasive as expected given the involvement of such as Pierre Boulez and Oliver Knussen...One can only await Vol. 2 of this series with impatience. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2014 More…

Highlights are multitudinous, but must include Marchand’s sensational Grand Dialogue, which concludes the disc: eight minutes of classical organ work-out, with all four manuals in use in the... — Choir & Organ, October 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Beautifully engineered, these disarmingly antural and eloquent performances bring out the music's inherent drama with a deft touch while indulging Brahms's lyrical instincts to the full. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Powerful, declamatory and with a fresh and exhilarating expressive range, his Chopin is as honest as it is individual. Uncompromisingly rugged and intense, Feltsman makes few concessions to... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010 More…

The 78 record transfers have been excellently mastered with complete removal of all 'shellac' track noise and clicks, yet with no loss of treble frequencies. — MusicWeb International, 30th September 2013 More…

his technique is as superb and assured as it is unobtrusive, and in the Waltzes his playing glows with grace and affection...How he excels, no less, in the teasing elegancies and improvisatory,... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2012 More…

I found his playing involving and engaged. One aspect of his playing that caught my ear early on was the strength of his left hand. I can imagine that some listeners might even find some of... — MusicWeb International, 3rd March 2014 More…

Feltsman's seriousness and poetic commitment are never in doubt...he is deeply sensitive to the Nocturnes' fluctuations, their quiet despair and sudden violence...this is Chopin with an edge...we... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010 More…