Piano Classics
Dupont: La Maison dans les Dunes (Piano Classics)
A lingering look at Gabriel Dupont’s marine imagination [JW]
Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus, Petites Esquisses d’Oiseaux (Piano Classics)
A welcome addition to the discography of Messiaen’s masterpiece, but the competition is fierce [PH]
Sorabji: Toccata Terza (Piano Classics)
Behind its forbidding walls lies a garden of unexpected delights [DMD]
Benjamin: Complete Piano Works (Piano Classics)
Commanding performances of all of George Benjamin’s piano works so far [SB]
Sorabji: Toccata Terza (Piano Classics)
A performance of enormous clarity and subtlety [PRJ]
d’Indy & Magnard: Piano works (Piano Classics)
d’Indy’s sonata is impressive but Magnard’s Promenades are more entertaining [SB]
Schubert/Liszt: Der Wanderer (Piano Classics)
Liszt’s reworkings of Schubert are well worth considering [SB]
Alkan: Complete Piano Music Volume 6 (Piano Classic)
Delights await in this chest of Alkan’s piano curiosities [RCh]
Poulenc: Piano Music (Piano Classics)
Chiara Cipelli responds vividly to the lyricism, wit and occasional melancholy of these diverse pieces [JF]
Lekeu: Complete Piano Works (Piano Classics)
Jacopo Salvatori has truly dedicated himself to this music [WK]
Beach: Piano music (Piano Classics)
Frezzotti is splendid in Beach’s romantic world [RCh]
Dukas: Complete Piano Music (Piano Classics)
Maltempo captures the romantic sweep of the music and its nuances wonderfully well [JF]