Author: Stan Szpakowicz

Sound, solid singing does not compensate for a lack of tonal variety, elegance and refinement [RMo]

(Déjà Review) Magnificent playing in a galvanising performance [TB]

(Déjà Review) Played with delicacy, sensitivity and warmth by three dedicated experts [MS]

Attractive music, well presented [SB]

Brilliant Liszt performances breathe new life into great staples of the repertoire [RBe]

Performances that capture the spirit of the music as well as any [SG]

A stunning quintet balanced by a forgettable sonata, both superbly performed [NB]

More valuable premiere recordings [JW]

Useful programme, fine execution [RWe]

(Déjà Review) One of the very best of Chandos’s British film music series [IL]

(Déjà Review) The set deserves the strongest recommendation, unless one prefers the piano [BW]

A good recording but maybe not quite as impressive as his Liszt [MB]

Alternately delicate and voluptuous orchestral playing and rich sonics underpin the effect of this pairing [RMo]

A well-played and recorded survey of idiosyncratic yet often beautiful music [HC]

A warm welcome for the complete surviving piano music of a totally forgotten, surprisingly innovative composer [PCG]

(Déjà Review) Bold and innovative music logically programmed [TH]

(Déjà Review) Often imaginative and sensitive music accorded a high standard of performance [TB]

Strong, thoughtful and vivacious performances of these revolutionary sonatas [RCh]

Nicely varied, with much to enjoy [HC]

A vital and compelling celebration of Roberto Alagna’s 60th birthday [GF]

An opera with patches of real brilliance in a more than acceptable recording [MP]

Szymanowski’s fans should hear this [SB]

Attractive piano miniatures by a late-Romantic Dane [RCh]

A worthy enterprise [WK]