Schumann - Études symphoniques, Op. 13

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…

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…

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…

his expressive directness and unfussily supple phrasing is especially effective in Kinderszenen. He eschews self-indulgence - perhaps slightly underegging the beautiful 'Träumerei' - and yet... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Throughout this recital Le Sage is especially good at conveying the music's impulsiveness, but he also responds well to the more poetic side of Schumann. These are altogether exceptionally... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Lisitsa pulls off the technical high jinks of Chopin's etudes with fleet fingerwork, though they don't sound enough like musical poems. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, 2 out of 5 stars More…