Piano Classics
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There is no point any pianist troubling themselves with these scores unless they revel in the physical delight of what their 10 fingers (and two feet) can do...Whatever your opinion on the merits... —
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Gugnin’s new disc is nothing short of disarming. This is some of the finest Liszt-playing one is likely to encounter these days, rich with affective contrasts, pliant and organic rubato, an... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Technically Viner is amazingly accurate, yet nothing sounds glib; he never makes a single ugly sound and his pedalling is so surely judged that…each and every note can be heard…the playing makes... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2018, Instrumental Choice
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In the end, then, the Preludes emerge with a pristine beauty that reinforces our appreciation of the range of Alkan’s genius. The sound is excellent, too, and the extensive notes by Viner himself... —
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A charming listen. Chaminade is an unsung hero of her time, and this disc showcases just how colourful her music is. Mark Viner plays with panache, his renditions light and sensitive. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2018
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It takes a certain kind of temperament and a superior finger technique to take [Alkan] on. Those who cut the mustard are few and far between. Mark Viner is such a one and with this, the third... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2020, Editor's Choice
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Viner’s performances, as we’ve come to expect, capture the music’s inventiveness, its disarming combination of hyperbole and restraint, directness and elusiveness—and he’s up for whatever outrageous... —
