Liszt - Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S171/R16

This is immensely distinguished Liszt-playing...Freire seems utterly at one with the music, not only in terms of its innate poetry but also its astonishing diversity of texture and touch...Freire... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

She is in her late 30s, but sounds more like an artist of the 1950s/’60s, following in the footsteps of an Arrau or Nikolayeva: someone with an entirely natural feel for what the piano is all... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

In this powerful collection, which swings between chestnuts and relative rarities, Martina Filjak shows herself to be an enormously talented pianist with strong fingers, a rich bass-centered... — Fanfare, Jul/Aug 2020 More…

Would that half the seasoned Lisztians I know had Pierdomenico’s keen ear for stylistic differentiation within this half-century of repertory. His highly developed technique and cultivated sound,... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2018 More…