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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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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all I can say is that in each of the 27 studies Chochieva comes as close as anyone to how I hear the ideal performance in my head...No details are overlooked yet without drawing undue attention... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2015, Editor's Choice
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Viner has an unerring sense of balance, so the various lines decorating the main material never choke it. But he combines that with the ability to produce an achingly beautiful bel canto tone... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2019
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One of the more striking aspects of Maltempo’s approach to these works is his inerrant sense of timing. There’s no rush to arrival: every scintillating detail is savoured at leisure, without... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2017, Editor's Choice
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Liszt: Scherzo & Marsch, 2 Ballades, La Romanesco, 2 Legendes, Csardas Macabre
Leonardo Pierdomenico (piano)
Would that half the seasoned Lisztians I know had Pierdomenico’s keen ear for stylistic differentiation within this half-century of repertory. His highly developed technique and cultivated sound,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2018, Editor's Choice
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