Beethoven

APR’s is the most comprehensive single collection and has, by a country mile, the best annotation, booklet (Jonathan Summers) and transfers (Seth B Winner)...evidence, if it were needed, of... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2023 More…

The sound quality throughout is amazingly good...there are several valuable additions to this great pianist’s discography. Not least among them is a superb live performance of the Emperor Concerto,... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2019 More…

The first movement of his Appassionata is gracefully conceived, and he brings a properly Beethovenian authority to the variations of the slow movement, before seguing gracefully into whirlwind... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Brautigam’s fortepiano survey is magnificent, comprising four full discs of variations (including Eroica and Diabelli), the complete bagatelles, rondos and other miscellaneous pieces. Disc 1... — International Piano, January 2020 More…

wonderful transfers giving us an unprecendentedly vivid idea of Paderewski’s vaunted ‘golden touch’ — Gramophone Magazine, December 2016 More…

Bowen's supple musicianship and commanding technique (you sense there's always more in reserve) could hold their own with anyone's in his era. His Beethoven and Debussy are special. Reasonable... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is an essential set for lovers of piano playing. The vast majority of the transfers are superior to anything that has been issued previously, there are a number of recordings appearing... — Fanfare, July/August 2023 More…