Instrumental, Piano Solos, Mazurkas
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An ideal realisation of these exquisite dances, the likes of which I never dreamt of hearing…Liszt said it: ‘A wind plays in the leaves, life unfolds and develops beneath them, but the tree... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2016, Winner - Piano
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2016, Editor's Choice
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Best of all are the Masques, recorded in Copenhagen in 1994…Indeed, the middle-period Masques also leap out with more imagination than anything else here, the pianist’s command of colour magnificent... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th September 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Winner - Piano
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - 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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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 & pieces for solo piano
RecommendedBertrand Chamayou (piano)
Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Krivine
The nimbleness and fluidity of his playing is remarkable. It’s a zingy performance (of the Second Concerto) all round, with a vigorous performance from the Orchestre National de France, conducted... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st December 2018
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Recording of the Year
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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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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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But in both the sonata and the magnificent Polonaise-Fantaisie Op 61 there’s a real sense of authority and purpose; Avdeeva may sometimes keep listeners a bit too much at arms’ length, but there’s... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2025, Piano
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In performances captured across much of the three-week competition, the Canadian pianist has something consistently interesting and always fully idiomatic to say about Chopin’s music...by any... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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From the very spare opening piece [of the Bartók] onwards, Anderszewski adopts quite deliberate tempos, but still finds the nervous, spiky energy required for example in No. 2 (one of Bartók’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Piano
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Special offer. Adès: In Seven Days
Kirill Gerstein (piano), Thomas Adès (piano/conductor), Tanglewood Music Centre Orchestra
For Gerstein this music, like Beethoven and Bach’s has become part of his DNA, the difference being that with this living composer he can discuss details of performance…This recording makes... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, Instrumental Choice
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