Browse: Liszt - Fantasia & Fugue on B-A-C-H, S529

Hamelin comes up with one of the finest recordings [of the Sonata] I've yet heard. Certainly I can't think of one where Liszt's immense single-movement design hangs together better. Under Hamelin's... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Here is Liszt playing of rare passion and musical integrity. There is no tip-toeing round the great B minor Sonata, no imposition of self-conscious effects or losing the thread through over-interpretation.... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2006 More…

His technique is as good – and in some cases superior – to the continental virtuosi; in addition he brings to his playing an individuality and warmth that reflects his own engaging personality.... — Gramophone Magazine, June 1967 More…

All the music on these two well-filled discs is recorded here for the first time. Absorbing for the scholar specialist — Classic CD More…

From the outset, Simonian reveals his dazzling technique with blazing passagework and spirited rhythms in the fast movements of BWV 979, balanced with wistful and lyrical playing in the slow... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…