Bach Piano Transcriptions

…best of all is the brilliant and grandiose transcription of the great C minor Passacaglia by Georgy Catoire, whose original works we are only beginning to rediscover… Though Milne's booklet... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Lane commands the golden tone and effortless, spirited virtuosity needed to make these transcriptions come alive, and makes them sound easy to boot. A honey of a release — BBC Music Magazine More…

As soon as Nadejda Vlaeva launches into her first Saint-Saens Bach transcription, you know you're in for a treat. Sure enough, volume ten of Hyperion's Bach Transcriptions series proves a parade... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Plowright plays everything with calm, unforced nuance assurance, nicely balancing Bach style and period manners, and making light of all the left-hand skips needed to suggest Bach's organ pedal... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

How richly satisfying to hear playing of such unimpeachable musical honesty and awe-inspiring pianist grandeur…It is surely no exaggeration to say that if such playing is anything to go by you... — Gramophone Magazine More…

Markus Becker is a heroic exponent of this obscure yet satisfying repertoire, less 'pianistic' than the contemporary Bach-Busoni arrangements yet setting the performer equal if not greater challenges.... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…