Browse: Schumann - Études symphoniques, Op. 13

The pianist’s seemingly spontaneous rubato sends the waltz-like ‘butterflies’ spinning deliciously, while the more rugged side of her Janus-faced technique gives a special resonance to the lower... — BBC Music Magazine More…

He might be termed the last of the great individualists among the pianist fraternity, an artist whose credo stems from his teacher, the great virtuoso Josef Hofmann. It is a school of personal... — The Telegraph More…

Helmchen's programme explores the extremes of Schumann as a piano composer, at both his most inward and his most virtuoso. I have a suspicion that he's more at ease in the former. The most successful... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2013 More…

You will see on full display the depth of touch, the legato weight-transfer and the shaping of phrases inculcated by the school of Alexander Goldenweiser…allied to a personality of exceptional... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2016 More…

The 11 Scarlatti sonatas recorded in 1937 that open disc 1 alone attest to the pianist’s high craftsmanship...It’s good finally to have this body of recordings together in one place, especially... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2019 More…

to hear Nelson Goerner navigating Schumann's variety of textures with so much delicacy, good sense, beauty of tone and rapt atmospheres is a treat indeed...the intelligence, spirit and vividness... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Dame Moura's virtuosity quietly stuns. Her Mendelssohn, Liszt and Litolff are fleet and joyful; Granados's The Maiden and the Nightingale and Debussy's Clair de lune sing from the heart. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…