Nicholas Scott-Burt writes with skill and imagination, producing music that continually sustains the listener’s interest. Pianist Da-Hee Kim performs this music with skill, musicality, and conviction…this disc deserves the attention of pianophiles—and music lovers generally—who will discover abundant rewards within its finely crafted program. Most firmly recommended.

…magnificently played…The booklet is brilliantly detailed. The organ sounds magnificent throughout…Ffinch delivers…an ideally balanced and stimulating program.

Petrauskaitė has constructed a superb program of Liszt transcriptions. Her interpretations are finely wrought, her technique is impeccable, and she has the ability to make the beautiful Romantic melodies sing out above the rich textures beneath them. This is a highly recommended disc.

Isabelle O’Connell is an accomplished, sensitive pianist whose performances on this CD leave nothing to be desired. She is to be congratulated for putting together a unique, thought-provoking program…waste no time in procuring this disc. Warmly recommended.

As audiences increasingly seek experiential and emotionally transformative performances, works like Piedra de Sol become especially important. Talbot has created something that feels simultaneously ancient and modern—a piece rooted in mythic cycles and timeless human questions, yet unmistakably contemporary in its sonic language and emotional intensity.

Esther Rayo sings with exceptional poise on this sumptuous collection of Spanish and Latin American canciones. It’s easy to embrace the warmth, lustre, and smoothness of her voice, and that she delivers her renditions with such authority and emotional conviction…Spending sixty-six minutes in the company of [Grünberg] and Rayo proves to be time extremely well spent.

impressive…committed and reliable guide. If you choose this set, you will not be disappointed.

The release is an essential addition to any French music enthusiast’s library… this beautifully recorded disc offers a deeply rewarding, thoroughly authoritative recital.