Chopin - Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51

The combination of Kolesnikov’s sensitive touch, a Yamaha CFX concert grand and Andrew Keener’s production values gives us beautiful sound in abundance. The longer pieces come off best…Kolesnikov... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Freire's sheer love of music, and of this music, is positively incandescent...This is playing of exceptional virility, entirely untainted by machismo posturing or narcissistic display. Chopin... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

I’d rather listen to Ruth Slenczynska playing Chopin than just about anyone else. Three specific characteristics are her rhythmic acuity, razor-sharp precision in chord playing and rapid passagework,... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2021 More…

When seemingly unusual details emerge from an interpretation of a thrice-familiar work, it’s often because the performer is taking certain of the composer’s markings on faith. The way Janne... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2024 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…

The first prerequisite of great Chopin playing is arguably beauty of tone, as well as refinement and variety...Lortie is a model Chopinist: eloquent but never sentimental, elegant without ever... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…