He uses the capabilities of the modern Steinway judiciously, maintaining some of the qualities of the spinet and harpsichord of Purcell’s time whilst using but not over-using the vast tonal and dynamic canvas of the piano to draw out a wealth of colours and inner detail...Mozart’s Piano Sonata No.13, K.333, is played with graceful elegance and a beautifully song-like approach to the melodies.

Treating his Steinway as a more nuanced harpsichord, his Purcell selection proceeds with majesty, carefully graded dynamics, almost no pedalling, and dazzling ornamental trills. Mozart’s Piano Sonata No 13 is pleasingly unfussy but not very beguiling, though the Adagio, K540, makes up the emotional shortfall.