Szymanowski

Anderszewski impressively realizes the character of these folk-inspired pieces [LW]

A must-have disc for all collectors of good song recitals [DC]

A number of works catch the ear [JW]

A beautifully executed programme of solo piano music that has identity as its theme and its concealment behind masks [MSt]

Sensational Szymanowski played with utter technical control and expressive abandon [NB]

A reissue of a unique and valuable recording undermined by catastrophic failures of presentation [PCG]

Wonderful playing and the disc is worth buying for the Masques alone [SB]

Penderecki’s Dies Irae is frighteningly powerful, but Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater is given an underwhelming performance [SW]

One of the twentieth century’s greatest violinists, a musical aristocrat with superb polished technique and a phenomenal intellect [SG]