«Style, goût et invention sont parfaits … une approche magnifiquement virtuose, riche en couleurs et d'une articulation prodigieusement élaborée» (Diapason, France)
‘Herrick's 'Orgelbüchlein' is in every way recommendable and these performances can stand among the finest in the catalogue’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)
‘Outstanding. This series of Bach discs … looks set to become one of the pinnacles of modern organ recordings … a wealth of wonderful, exotic, yet always appropriate sounds’ (Gramophone)
‘The Ouverture to Cantata, BWV29 is positively stunning under Vlaeva's fingers … in the Andante to Violin Sonata No 2 we are treated to some fine contrapuntal exchanges and subtle melodic revelations to remind us of the mystery and mastery of the great man … all in all, this is a notably spontaneous-sounding recording. Vlaeva pushes all the right buttons and takes this significant Hyperion project a step closer to its apotheosis’ (International Record Review)
‘As soon as Nadejda Vlaeva launches into her first Saint-Saëns Bach transcription, you know you're in for a treat. Sure enough, volume ten of Hyperion's Bach Transcription series provides a parade of joys for pianophiles and Bach junkies alike … a pianofest requiring sumptuous tone, concertante awareness and dazzling octaves. Vlaeva gives it the lot. This young Bulgarian pianist is new to Hyperion; her terrific CD bodes well for the future’ (BBC Music Magazine)
„This is some of the most colossal piano playing I've ever heard. In its nobility, its grandeur, its multi-dimensionality and its astounding command of piano sonorities, it's worth the price of admission by itself“ (Piano, Germany)
«Il [Nikolai Demidenko] possède une véritable affinité et une intelligence de cette musique, qui apparaît très claire, sinon toujours à son maximum d’éxpressivité. Voici une approche convaincante de ces transcriptions» (Classica, France)
«Demidenko rend un somoptueux hommage à l’art de Busoni, dont ces compositions constituent elles-mêmes un vibrant hommage au génie de Bach» (Répertoire, France)
‘From the opening notes of the Fantasia, Adagio and Fugue with which the CD begins there is a lightness, vivacity and ease to Demidenko’s playing which engages the attention’ (Pianist)
