Busoni disc reviews for Peter Donohoe

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Peter Donohoe’s new Busoni disc (the 2nd in the series) has been reviewed in Gramophone Magazine and the Yorkshire Times. It was also featured on BBC Radio 3 Record Review on 25th January

Gramophone
“Donohoe’s bravura certainly keeps us riveted by the extreme torrents of sound. And he just as successfully brings out the music’s varied palette, from the poignant simplicity that opens the First Sonatina to the fury of the Fantasia’s closing Stretta, from the flash of pre-Gershwinesque whimsy in the Chopin Variations to the clear-sighted sobriety of the Sonatina brevis (only on the digital release).

this new release is an appealing contribution to the Busoni catalogue.”

Read the full review on the Gramophone website

Yorkshire Times
Donohoe proves an ideal interpreter, balancing scholarly precision with interpretative imagination in this Busoni recording.

Read the full review on the Yorkshire Times

BBC Radio 3 Record Review
Click on the link below to listen to the recording, which starts 20.50 mins into the episode

“These two performers who know Busoni so well…and so the two of them together feels like one.

The thing that strikes me about it is how incredibly well they know it and love it, and that shines through and helps guide us through this complex jungle.

There is something thrilling about it and the voyage they take us on.

What a great album. This is the second album and we really feel that we’re beginning to get to grips with this complex composer.

Peter Donohoe’s notes are excellent”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00275c2 

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