Mirare

A happy marriage of pungent Estonian choral singing and French pianism, as one of Liszt's most distinctive works is heard in the setting of plainchant and religiously inspired piano solos. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Adventures in juxtaposition carry this young composer and pianist on a roller-coaster across the centuries. Porat's playing is cool-tempered, intelligent and sophisticated. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This rather stiff and deliberate playing works well for the clockwork grotesquery, but misses the joie de vivre and ferocity necessary to bring Prokofiev's music alive. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

His sense of energy and concentration throughout is certainly impressive, and it is interesting to hear this important, underperformed work [the Barraqué] played with such conviction....This... — International Record Review, February 2012 More…

His rubato is of a caressing warmth and suppleness, a constant ebb and flow that characterises every aspect of Granados's sumptuously bejewelled score, and his romantic leeway is very much his... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2012 More…

the Chamber Concerto is not easily approachable and I don't think it is wrong to try and sweeten it with a little Viennese schmaltz. The title of Mirare's disc suggests that that is exactly... — International Record Review, July 2011 More…

Everything in this Haydn collection is cleanly articulated, judiciously pedalled and expressively varied in colour and touch. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2010, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Gastinel and Désert create a beautiful atmosphere… Claire Désert reveals herself as a most accomplished,
lively accompanist. — Gramophone Magazine More…