Chopin - Polonaise No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 44

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…

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…

Richard-Hamelin is a supremely artistic, highly sensitive young pianist, whose strikingly original ideas remain true to the spirit of Chopin…[he also has] the emotional reservoirs to back them... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2017 More…

Anderszewski's musicality makes organic sense of the whole recital. It lives and breathes just as movingly as a whole as it does within any one of the miniatures in isolation, and that is a... — Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 28th November 2003 More…