The first two volumes in this series - the only one ever recorded with the same pianist playing all works - were met with high critical acclaim. Jonathan Woolf wrote in MusicWeb International '... beautifully played, and recorded, the first box in Music & Arts' series (CD-1236) is profoundly impressive.' And Jed Distler wrote in Gramophone, 'My review of Volume I praised Grante's thoughtful virtuosity and stylistic insights, together with his wide range of agogic stresses, articulations and embellishments, not to mention an acute sense of textural diversity and registral differentiation that have as much to do with Grante as with the vintage Bosendorfer grand used. These words apply even more to Volume 2 (CD-1242) where Grante's highly detailed fingerwork goes right to the heart of each sonata's character.'
The first two volumes in this series - the only one ever recorded with the same pianist playing all works - were met with high critical acclaim. Jonathan Woolf wrote in MusicWeb International '... beautifully played, and recorded, the first box in Music & Arts' series (CD-1236) is profoundly impressive.' And Jed Distler wrote in Gramophone, 'My review of Volume I praised Grante's thoughtful virtuosity and stylistic insights, together with his wide range of agogic stresses, articulations and embellishments, not to mention an acute sense of textural diversity and registral differentiation that have as much to do with Grante as with the vintage Bosendorfer grand used. These words apply even more to Volume 2 (CD-1242) where Grante's highly detailed fingerwork goes right to the heart of each sonata's character.'
