Raff Piano Works

Tra Nguyen makes the best possible case for all these works and has been well recorded on a splendidly voiced Steinway at Wyastone. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2012More…

Tra Nguyen gives performances are fluent and committed, and often more than that. She is best in the lighter pieces...At other times this delicacy and dynamic shading does not quite come through...Mixed,... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

Fruhlingsboten has some lovely lyrical writing that's reminiscent of Schumann, and Nguyen's emotional engagement is often rewarding...Performances are winning without always being truly commanding. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

This fifth volume of piano works by Brahms's older contemporary Raff finds the excellent Nguyen playing with intelligence and devotion - especially the ambitious Grande Sonate. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 4 out of 5 starsMore…