Piano Classics

Perhaps it is Torretta’s own affinity with and background in dance that means the grace of De Gambarini’s music comes to the fore; these are poised performances, with imaginatively decorated... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2025, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

Maltempo more than holds his own. As we’d expect from his keen-edged Alkan (Toccata Classics, Piano Classics), he has the dexterity to clarify Dukas’s thick textures. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2023More…

Deljavan brings out their charm, and in even the most demanding passages he is always poised and focused, aware that in Alkan's music the technical challenges are always a means to achieving... — The Guardian, 16th May 2013, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

[Codispoti] plays with a warmth and fervour worthy of Cortot himself. His sonority, too, has an Arrau-like fullness and richness...All this and more is enough to make you fall in love all over... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2013More…

his consistently beautiful sound lends substance to material often regarded as shallow. — Sunday Times, 20th November 2016More…