Chopin - Polonaise No. 1 in C sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1

The Brahms Op 117 Intermezzos that lead off Mikhail Pletnev’s excellently engineered 2023 Berlin recital reveal the pianist’s colouristic gifts as intact as ever. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2024 More…

Maurizio Pollini makes it virtually impossible to imagine Chopin's Polonaises played with greater clarity, force and resolution. Not for him the odd approximation or slip of the finger: everything... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2005 More…

Here, in all their glory, are Rubinstein's 1934-5 recordings of Chopin's six mature Polonaises framed by examples of his early and late genius (Opp 22 and 61 respectively). Together with his... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

There is a new and unmistakable joie de vivre, an almost improvisatory abandon and, frequently, a sense of sheer unbuttoned fun not normally associated with either Fialkowska of Chopin...every... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Displaying a brilliantly secure technique, the young Polish pianist is fully up to the challenges of these glittering pieces. He also feels the nostalgia and longing of the music, and hearing... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Bowen's supple musicianship and commanding technique (you sense there's always more in reserve) could hold their own with anyone's in his era. His Beethoven and Debussy are special. Reasonable... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

'As Bryce Morrison puts it: ‘a blazingly original talent, heard here in brilliantly remastered sound’. ' — Gramophone Magazine, January 2018 More…