Chopin - Mazurkas, Op. 33

In performances captured across much of the three-week competition, the Canadian pianist has something consistently interesting and always fully idiomatic to say about Chopin’s music...by any... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

a musical personality of a beguiling charm, a quality rarely encountered in today's more severe musical climate...You are reminded, too, of a naturalness and insouciance far removed from so... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2015 More…

Poetry, pearly sound, mercurial intelligence: Pressler's hallmarks are out in force here. The Grande Polonaise doesn't quite work, but the Piano Concerto No. 1's 'Romance' is gorgeous. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It's controversial to say so, but such playing makes a mockery of present-day standards. All these performances prove that Rubinstein played the piano as naturally as a bird flies or a fish... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Feltsman is the last interpreter whose mazurkas I expected to be not only carefree but also danceable. Most pianists fuss with the rhythmic pulse to the point that each mazurka becomes a kind... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

Recording in the studio, rather than at a live concert, quite naturally leads to a safe and uniform approach, which doesn't really serve the inspired inventiveness of the music. In some ways... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…