For this second solo disc for Decca, Benjamin Grosvenor presents a recording of music influenced by dance forms. Historically and stylistically varied, the programme features both familiar and more obscure gems from the piano repertoire.
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‘Performance after performance of surpassing brilliance and character’ (Gramophone) ‘His virtuosity is most floridly displayed on the delicate trills and runs in Adolf Schulz-Evler’s gloss on Strauss’s By the Beautiful Blue Danube … the assured modesty of his approach all ... ‘Breathtaking’ (The Guardian)