Hyperion Records

CDH55238
(Originally issued on CDA66785)
Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

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Recording details: December 1994
Henry Wood Hall, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Oliver Rivers
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: January 2007
Total duration: 73 minutes 28 seconds
Some copies of first pressing contain CDH55231 in error; please contact Hyperion for a replacement

'Once again Piers Lane demonstrates his supreme virtuosity and brilliant technique (at times it is quite unbelievable that only ten fingers are at work) … hugely enjoyable … ideal fun present for Christmas' (Classic CD)

'Spectacular' 'Pure confectionery of the highest possible quality. Excellent sound, first-rate notes. In sum, Want List material' (Fanfare, USA)

'Pianistiquement irréprochable, sa prestation éclair-cit ces pages touffues et pleines de richesses harmonique ou sonores' (Diapason, France)

'Throughout this collection Mr Lane's playing shimmers with liquid warmth ... his performances hang together out of his evident affection for these scores and the sheer convicton of his playing' (The New York Times)

'Enormous good fun ... and not at all for the serious, self-important person who thinks that music has to be listened to with knotted brow' (Fanfare, USA)