Browse: Janáček - Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 in E flat minor, JW VIII/19 'From the Street'

Vogt’s interview in the accompanying booklet indicates his thoughtful engagement with this music. The dynamic range of his playing, clear from the start of the cycle, is breathtaking as is his... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Reinbert de Leeuw and Collegium Vocale Gent are masters of tonal shading: whether attending to top or internal lines they achieve a near-on three-dimensional effect…superb playing and singing... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2016 More…

His aim for lightness, transparency and directness yields poetic results…the rounded edges and polished passagework characterising Zhang’s Janácek are pianistically impressive, yet he glides... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2017 More…

Said treats every work on its own merits, in its own language. The personality and significance of each composer is subtly etched with remarkable skill...A gripping recital, tellingly designed... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Bartoš’s performances a direct and at times, as in the filigree figuration of the first movement, exquisitely delicate., In such varied music, no single interpretation will completely satisfy,... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Adès’s account [of On an Overgrown Path] eschews sentimentality and refuses to duck the suppressed violence that occasionally erupts…His care shown over Janáček’s inner part writing is often... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 3 out of 5 stars More…

in wave after wave of opulently ambivalent harmony, Hough brings orientation and direction without sacrificing sensuality or mystical aura. He accomplishes this through an almost uncanny variety... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2015 More…

These deliciously understated performances reward repeated listening. I look forward to hearing more of the purity and imagination of Fejérvári’s piano-playing. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2019 More…