There has been more music written for the piano than for any other instrument and we have over the last 11 years occasionally reviewed approachable soloist albums. Aware of this, the Divine Art label has kindly sent us this release.

It is a tuneful trio of works played by the husband-and-wife piano duo Robert and Linda Ang Stoodley. The couple met on a Christian dating website, married in 2008 and formed Piano À Deux two years later. They have performed with distinction internationally and earned praise on TV’s ‘Britain’s Got Talent’. They are also popular with luxury cruise line passengers.

So, we have Gabriel Fauré’s delightful Dolly Suite, Franz Liszt’s well-known and well-liked Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (the four hands arrangement a premiere recording) and George Onslow’s Sonata No.2. Anglo-French born in 1784, the last named was often called the “French Beethoven”. He was quite famous for a time but his music fell out of favour after his death in 1853. The duettists are credited for their part in researching and reviving his work.

The exemplary booklet notes include details of two earlier Piano À Deux albums on this label that received critical acclaim, and now here is another hour of fine pianism, on a Steinway Model D instrument, which your reviewer is pleased to commend.