Instrumental, Piano Solos, Nocturnes
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Hamelin’s superb technique and no doubt many hours of careful thought pay dividends, magisterially impressing on us the power and beauty of this music, which traces a path that no composer after... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Editor's 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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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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[Ott] had a brilliant pianistic career in her teens, but at 21 she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Now 36, she has never stopped performing; this album is just the latest measure of her... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2025, Instrumental Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Winner - Solo Instrumental
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The Gramophone Good CD Guide awarded this its highest accolade, denoting "an unrivalled version, a cornerstone of the catalogue", adding that "this is surely the greatest, certainly the richest... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Instrumental
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Hyperion's new release is full of music that mixes Chopinesque grace with Russian-bear grandiosity. Driver is the sort of pianist who can handle both, delivering performances of poise, power... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, Instrumental Choice
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This is a highly considered collection of performances, with close attention paid to phrasing, articulation and voicing. Lapwood has successfully delivered an album that cements her status as... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recording of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Young Talent of the Year
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he really is phenomenal: this music seems to flow out of him with such relaxed and elegant perfection —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th November 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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What we get here, for the most part, is slightly introverted playing that gives preference to the lyrical over the rhythmic, the gracious over the rambunctious, the tender over the inflamed...Tonal... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2026, Editor's Choice
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Not only are there plenty of lively dances on here to counter the cliché of the ‘wispy’ Debussy, but the contrasts between tracks and the clarity at any dynamic level – and of course Osborne... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Editor's Choice
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the great interpreters of this music never confuse the melancholic with the sentimental. Stephen Hough is even more ‘objective’ than most while bringing pianistic poise to everything and breathing... —
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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Hamelin builds the Second Sonata… unerringly, producing a poetic and passionate performance that is finally carried off on a spectral wind. Hamelin… opens with an exquisitely textured Berceuse.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th January 2009
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2009, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, April 2022, Recommended Recording
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