Bach Piano Transcriptions

…What makes Lane's performance so special is the sheer panache, even chutzpah, that he brings to every twist and turn while managing to keep the contrapuntal threads transparent within the fabric.... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2010, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Lane commands the golden tone and effortless, spirited virtuosity needed to make these transcriptions come alive, and makes them sound easy to boot. A honey of a release — BBC Music MagazineMore…

Plowright plays everything with calm, unforced nuance assurance, nicely balancing Bach style and period manners, and making light of all the left-hand skips needed to suggest Bach's organ pedal... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

…best of all is the brilliant and grandiose transcription of the great C minor Passacaglia by Georgy Catoire, whose original works we are only beginning to rediscover… Though Milne's booklet... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2005, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

His performances capture the smouldering long lines and Gothic grandeur inherent in Busoni’s textural transformations — International Record ReviewMore…

As soon as Nadejda Vlaeva launches into her first Saint-Saens Bach transcription, you know you're in for a treat. Sure enough, volume ten of Hyperion's Bach Transcriptions series proves a parade... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

How richly satisfying to hear playing of such unimpeachable musical honesty and awe-inspiring pianist grandeur…It is surely no exaggeration to say that if such playing is anything to go by you... — Gramophone MagazineMore…

Markus Becker is a heroic exponent of this obscure yet satisfying repertoire, less 'pianistic' than the contemporary Bach-Busoni arrangements yet setting the performer equal if not greater challenges.... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2009, 4 out of 5 starsMore…