Genres:
Instrumental » Piano Solos
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There is much to admire here thanks to Ólafsson’s superb pianism, most notably in Haydn’s Sonata No. 47, Mozart’s little C major Sonata and his Adagio in B minor; his Kleine Gigue goes like... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd September 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Piano
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Rondeau’s interpretations of this music suggest that for the likes of Haydn, Clementi, Beethoven and Debussy, harpsichord sonorities were very much in their mind’s ear. In particular, Rondeau’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Fantasie: Seven Composers, Seven Keyboards
RecommendedAlexander Melnikov (harpsichord/fortepiano/tangent piano/piano)
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th April 2023
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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His extreme refinement of phrase and dynamics, his endlessly fresh approach to detail and breadth of line can be taken for granted: the first item, the late D major Sonata No. 18 has rarely... —
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Musical alchemies are often forged in strange and unexpected ways, and this engaging album of music by Mozart, Pärt and Vasks is no exception. The two Pēteris Vasks compositions particularly... —
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Pianist Anthony Goldstone has done a sterling job in realising, reconstructing and completing these fragments, as well as performing them with great musical sensitivity. —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2007, Instrumental Choice
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Elena Bashkirova…renders Mozart on a modern keyboard with smart tempos and restrained vehemence, which serves the material very well. The embellishments in the repeats of the sonata movements... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrumental
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It was high time someone blew the interpretive cobwebs off this still under-appreciated repertoire, and Donohue is clearly the person to do it. He appears to take early Beethoven as his interpretive... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, Recording of the Month
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Chochieva is very much attuned to Scriabin’s lyricism. It’s hard to imagine a more idyllic or intimate performance of the gentler preludes on this recording. In the sonatas, Chochieva is particularly... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrumental
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