Challenge Classics

Beyond the quality and variety of sound Prosseda achieves, Beethoven’s articulation markings emerge with greater definition than commonly heard on a modern piano. Prosseda’s readings shed new... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2025More…

the sobriety of the small-scale preludes and variations presents a delightful foil to the studied flamboyance of the stylus phantasticus, evident in a supremely accomplished sense of timing... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2016More…

stylishly played, and liberally garnished with percussion — BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Known principally as an early music specialist, [de Vriend's] emphasis on clarity of articulation, hepled by excellent sound, allows the unusual aspects of the instrumentation to register more... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2010More…

A generous recorded acoustic helps to keep any excessive dryness at arm's length. And De Vriend's interpretations give real pleasure. For once, instead of the usual emphasis on the music's driven... — Classic FM Magazine, November 2011, 4 out of 5 starsMore…