Louis Lortie

Make no mistake, this is artistry of the highest order. In their hands, Strauss's melodic fluency somehow manages to combine rich luxuriance with deftness of gesture. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Lortie more than meets the pianistic and musical challenge of Fauré’s unshowy virtuosity, his riding of each dappled ebb and flow of the Barcarolles reflecting a mature mastery. Nor is there... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

You are left marvelling at the intricate beauty of Faure’s unique style - which is, hopefully, any great pianist’s ultimate aim. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The longer pieces on this recording show Louis Lortie at his splendid best, making light of technical demands and building up climaxes with total authority. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The first prerequisite of great Chopin playing is arguably beauty of tone, as well as refinement and variety...Lortie is a model Chopinist: eloquent but never sentimental, elegant without ever... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The playing by the two distinguished pianists is faultless, distinctly outlining the notes with a clarity of separation; the recording in the superb acoustic of the Snape Maltings captures the... — MusicWeb International, September 2022 More…