Liszt: Annees de pelerinage Book Two Italy S161

A Key Recording from The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs & A 'strongly recommended' recording from The Classical Good CD Guide

'insightful' and 'infectious' (BBC Music)

"Mark Anderson here proves himself a musician-pianist to the manner born. From the powerful opening surge of the Brahms Sonata to the closing chord of the Schumann Toccata, his authority and pianistic command are never in doubt. A debut recital disc of impressive quality. Performance, Five Stars!" Classic CD

"As his two previous Nimbus discs (3/95 and 7/95 – the latter including a fine performance of Liszt's Dante Sonata) show, Mark Anderson is a most musicianly pianist. His communicative ardour understandably made him an audience favourite at the 1993 Leeds Piano Competition and here, in this richly diverse programme, he again proves himself a born orator, declaiming Liszt's fantasy and nobility in generous-hearted fashion. At the same time all these performances (with the exception of the curiously elliptical and prophetic Vier kleine Klavierstücke which are played with a rapt concentration and intensity) have an off-the-cuff flavour with the spirit often engulfing the letter of the score." Bryce Morrison, Gramophone