Debussy - Ballade slave

Not only are there plenty of lively dances on here to counter the cliché of the ‘wispy’ Debussy, but the contrasts between tracks and the clarity at any dynamic level – and of course Osborne... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Gieseking was indeed a ‘sorcerer’. Hear him in ‘Voiles’, ‘Les sons et les parfums’ or ‘Des pas sur la neige’ and you sense how everything is accomplished by tonal finesse rather than heavy underlining... — International Piano, October 2022 More…

Ogawa is an exceptionally fine advocate for this music; as with volume one, the piano sound is gorgeous. Her playing is never less than sensitive and beautiful...Ogawa's sense of colour combines... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Exhaustive, the sum of the crème de la crème of the discography...THE Debussy box set to have…No richer panorama exists for the melodies (the complete EMI recordings alongside never-before-released... — Diapason More…

a joy from start to finish — Classic FM Magazine, September 2007 More…

The playing by the two distinguished pianists is faultless, distinctly outlining the notes with a clarity of separation; the recording in the superb acoustic of the Snape Maltings captures the... — MusicWeb International, September 2022 More…

This is an essential set for lovers of piano playing. The vast majority of the transfers are superior to anything that has been issued previously, there are a number of recordings appearing... — Fanfare, July/August 2023 More…