Instrumental, Piano Solos, Etudes, Glass, P (composer)
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Ólafsson’s interpretations inhabit a unique, distinct and extraordinary world all their own...[he] possesses that rare gift of illuminating a familiar work in unexpected ways, revealing hidden... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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This is an achievement on a pretty spectacular new level, and the range of musical sensibility she demonstrates here is vast...her rhythmic sense [in the Ligeti] keeps the music aloft and totally... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, Insturmental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Awards:
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Instrumental
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The musical language is popular late 20th century – not much extended harmony – and lots and lots of broken chords and arpeggios...Ultimately, though, the message in these pieces is explored... —
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100 Piano Masterworks
Hélène Grimaud (piano), Emil Gilels (piano), Alice Sara Ott (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Anatol Ugorski (piano), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano), Yuja Wang (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Maria João Pires (piano), Ingolf Wunder (piano), Aloys Kontarsky (piano),...
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