Browse: Chabrier - Feuillet d'album

The over-modestly titled Pièces pittoresques are really his Preludes, ten varied sound poems which search the soul and come up with not angst nor rage, but a unique combination of joy, vulnerability,... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Mendelssohn Variations come over as truly 'sérieuses', on a par with anything by his friend Schumann, thanks to Hough's vivid characterisation and dramatic flair. And if the 'Arietta' of... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Her approach to the music is one of enchanting simplicity. No show, no grandstanding; she beckons the listener to leave what they are doing, if they wish, and to come over and join her. Minimum... — Gramophone Magazine, May 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…