Throughout the programme, Apekishiva is responsive to the unscripted and spontaneous nature of the genre, while maintaining seamless phrasing and flawless tonal control…Apekisheva’s Chopin offers some charming reminders of Scriabin’s early obsession.

This is a marvellously engineered disc, capturing Apekisheva’s beautifully nuanced tone and playing. Her most winning accounts are of Fauré’s six Impromptus, the most varied sequence, which are stronger public statements than the more intimate utterances of Scriabin; Chopin’s lie somewhere in-between, the products perhaps of improvisations to small groups or parties. A fascinating and engrossing album.