Brahms - Ballades (4), Op. 10

[Vogt] may well have conducted the orchestral tuttis, but everything sounds like large-scale chamber music…The pianist’s thinking behind this programme is evidently the way in which this music... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

[Sonata] The moods of the three inner movements are beautifully expressed. I would easily call this my new favorite performance of Piano Sonata No. 3—every aspect of youthful genius is thrown... — Fanfare, March/April 2022 More…

Plowright’s Brahms could easily be described as rugged: thunderclouds often loom and there are few moments of brighter outlook along the way…dark Brahms, then, but Plowright’s powerful, uncompromising... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Four Ballades are thoughtful and sensitive, coloured, as are all these performances, by the slightly astringent tone this artist favours. For me, Marshev's finest account is of the Schumann... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2005 More…

This recording of her Brahms was made at Snape Maltings in 1995, but is only now released for the first time. And it’s a revelation: I’ve never heard Brahms Handel Variations played like this.... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…