Chopin First and Last Shop Now

BBC Music Magazine

Peter Katin’s ravishing cantabile and stylistic assurance makes this repertoire work convincingly on an 180-year-old piano. An ear-tickling recital of rare and familiar works ends with the heavenly Berceuse.

Performance **** Sound ****

—Julian Haylock

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