CD, Pierné, G (composer)

This attractive disc would make an ideal introduction to the charms of Pierné's music...The revelatory heart, though, is the music from Ramuntcho...Inspired by the Basque setting, there is plenty... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Bavouzet is a convincing and enthusiastic advocate, sparkling in the Scherzo-Caprice, calmly noble at the opening of the Poeme symphonique and negotiating the abrupt turns of mood in the Fantasie-ballet... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2015 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…

Boasting immaculate production values from the Biddulph team and exemplary annotations from Tully Potter, Felix Salmond’s Complete Columbia Recordings, recorded 1926-30, sound as pristine here... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

…you will find evidence in these 22 examples of an irrepressible joy in performance, of a charm and spontaneity rarely encountered in today's more correct but more circumspect pianists, be they... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2006 More…