Browse: Mompou - El Lago (Le Lac)

…everything here is a delight. Mompou's miniatures grow under Andsnes's skilful hands, Scriabin exudes his perfume, and Smetana evokes the full-dress glory of Central European domestic pianism.... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Conceiving the 24 Preludes as an uninterrupted whole, and complementing them with some all-too-rare Mompou miniatures, Alexandre Tharaud has recorded a breathtaking disc. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The playing…perfectly captures the essence of each piece and links them together…Add in the generous playing time, superlative sound, and a Steinway D that speaks with unforced clarity. — American Record Guide, January/February 2017 More…

Played with Tharaud's trademark elegance, and with a keen sense of style, it amounts to a very clever concoction, in which temperature-changes are judiciously controlled and geographical and... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…