Instrumental, Piano Solos, Piano Sonatas, Rubinstein, A (composer)

In his selection of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, Freire, like Gilels before him, explores a whole world of intimate feeling and a melancholy at the heart of Grieg’s indelibly northern nature (‘At your... — International Piano, January 2020 More…

a musical personality of a beguiling charm, a quality rarely encountered in today's more severe musical climate...You are reminded, too, of a naturalness and insouciance far removed from so many... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2015 More…

wonderful transfers giving us an unprecendentedly vivid idea of Paderewski’s vaunted ‘golden touch’ — Gramophone Magazine, December 2016 More…

Friedman’s finest performances are intimate and mellow revealing a passion for lyric line, inner voicing, phrasing and cadence… every page was a door to an infinity of feelings and beyonds. — International Piano, April 2020 More…

Taken as a whole, these performances throw open a window to a bygone era, revealing a musician less prone to what our modern ears might consider the wilful affectations of pianists like Hambourg... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2018 More…