GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE

'A musical as well as a technical revelation ... De Waal's virtuosity is awe-inspiring, and he's complemented throughout by a beautifully natural and wide-ranging recording' (Gramophone)

'Thunderously exciting pianism' (CDReview)

'This disc is amazing … wild stuff, to which Rian de Waal does ample justice' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Pure delight! And one of this year's outstanding recordings' (Fanfare, USA)

'de Waal offers a dumbfounding version of the Kunstlerleben 'symphonic metamorphosis', with its virtiginously virtuosic rethinking of the Strauss waltz, as well as several Schubert transcriptions and the equally astonishing 'contrapuntal arrangement' of Weber's Invitation to dance. All of these are thrown off with a fine sense of style - the wit and exactitude of de Waal's phrasing in Kunstlerleben have to be heard to be believed' (International Piano)

'Outstanding performances of transcendentally virtuoso music by a renowned virtuoso recorded superbly and presented immaculately' (MusicWeb International)