Browse: Liszt - Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 3)

Giorgini’s affinity with this reflective music is evident from the outset. Formidable technical ability is matched by the architectural sense, harmonic sensibility and coloristic range this sprawling... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Hamelin comes up with one of the finest recordings [of the Sonata] I've yet heard. Certainly I can't think of one where Liszt's immense single-movement design hangs together better. Under Hamelin's... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Outstanding is ‘Vallée d’Obermann’, a warhorse usually flogged brutally through conservatoires everywhere. Owen’s thoroughly sympathetic treatment redeems Liszt from his own excesses and demonstrates... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This is a fine recital, with a recording to match — BBC Music Magazine More…

Howard, catching the authentic tinge of hysteria, mounts swiftly upwards in an ecstasy that burns away awareness of mere notes — Classic CD More…

it is in the grandes machines, the three big extended works that form the backbone of the Harmonies, that Korstick is at his most impressive. 'Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude' is spacious,... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2016 More…

In this powerful collection, which swings between chestnuts and relative rarities, Martina Filjak shows herself to be an enormously talented pianist with strong fingers, a rich bass-centered... — Fanfare, Jul/Aug 2020 More…

[her sound is] luminous and beautifully rounded, with harmonic clarity and tonal body even in the softest passages. It requires great artistry to produce the shimmering pianissimos that characterize... — Fanfare, March/April 2020 More…