CD Reviews
Classics Today
14.11.2011
"A remarkable release no piano lover should miss."
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International Record Review
22.09.2011
"Grosvenor is seemingly uncapable of producing an ugly tone...This is essential listening."
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BBC Music Magazine - September 2nd
02.09.2011
"One of the most individual things about this stunning debut by Benjamin Grosvenor is his pervasive sense of balance and his unerring blend of Classical restraint and Romantic ardour...He is a...
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Gramophone - September 2nd
02.09.2011
"Live recordings circulated privately over the past few years and this new one are evidence of an awesome talent, a pianist with fantastic natural reflexes in the Cziffra class and, more...
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The Observer - 'Chopin, Liszt & Ravel'
17.07.2011
'This recital disc shows his ability to twin youthful exuberance with impeccable technique and magisterial musical intelligence.'
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The Daily Telegraph - Chopin, Liszt & Ravel'
16.07.2011
'The first thing you notice is the limpid surface of Grosvenor’s playing, the warm tonal gleam that he conjures up from the keys. It is a beautiful sound, and beneath it there are seams...
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Mark Ainley 'The Piano Files' - Chopin, Liszt & Ravel'
09.07.2011
'The playing on this disc is some of the best you will hear of these works and bears repeated listening – indeed, it demands it. It is the kind of playing that makes it difficult to...
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The Independent - 'Chopin, Liszt & Ravel'
08.07.2011
'It's an immensely confident set...the most impressive aspect being not his obvious command of technique, but an intellectual and emotional understanding of the music way beyond his tender years.'
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The Times - 'Chopin, Liszt & Ravel'
08.07.2011
'Grosvenor, you can tell, is a Romantic pianist, almost from another age. He doesn't deconstruct, or stand at a distance. He jumps inside the music's soul.'
Geoff Brown
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Concert Reviews
Pianist Magazine
22.11.2011
"The brilliant British pianist on how hard work pays off"
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First Night of the BBC Proms - The Guardian
22.08.2011
"The evening's main soloist, 19-year-old Benjamin Grosvenor, later launched himself at Liszt's Second Piano Concerto, revelling in its brilliance and conveying its blend of showmanship and poetry...
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First Night of the BBC Proms - The Independent
22.08.2011
"That boy seems to have a sonic variety of liquid gold in his fingers. He's a natural romantic, sensing exactly how to shape an ecstatic arc and pace a rubato; Liszt's music cries out for his...
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First Night of the BBC Proms - Telegraph
22.08.2011
"This performance showed he already has a perfectly honed technique, able to despatch Liszt's fearsome double-octaves with unflustered precision. In the slow movement he allowed Liszt's reflective...
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First Night of the BBC Proms - The Times
22.08.2011
"Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto also gave us star glitter and subtle musicianship, in the form of the British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor… Listening to Grosvenor, age seemed beside the...
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First Night of the BBC Proms - ClassicalSource.com
22.08.2011
"He gave Liszt 2 a terrific outing. From the woodwinds’ beguiling opening invitation, responded to with much poetry by Grosvenor, through to the high kicks of the grandstand coda, there was...
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First Night of the BBC Proms - Musical Criticism
22.08.2011
"...with the appearance of young pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, the air came to fizzle and spark with unexpected intimacies, and to gleam with striking flourishes, both solo and ensemble in nature....
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First Night of the BBC Proms - The Arts Desk
22.08.2011
"Grosvenor's crystalline clarity projected nearly every note effortlessly into the vast auditorium's spaces. He doesn't ever have to force for effect..."
David Nice, The Arts Desk, July...
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First Night of the BBC Proms - The Arts Desk
22.08.2011
"Grosvenor's crystalline clarity projected nearly every note effortlessly into the vast auditorium's spaces. He doesn't ever have to force for effect..."
David Nice, The Arts Desk, July...
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Mozart K.467, Birmingham Post.
21.08.2011
"Benjamin Grosvenor, OOTS’ latest associate artist, received a tremendous reception from a well-filled auditorium even before he’d played a note of Mozart’s Piano Concerto no.21,...
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St.Lukes, London, UK, Recital
14.10.2010
The Independent, Michael Church
"After winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition at eleven, he has built up a glittering career as both recitalist and concerto performer...the...
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Singapore International Piano Festival, Recital
25.06.2010
Straits Times, Dr Chang Tou Liang
"His Chopin, two Nocturnes book-ending the Third Scherzo, juxtaposed seamless cantabile with scintillation and immaculate octave-work. Ravel's devilish...
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Gauting,Germany, Recital
06.03.2010
Der Süddeutschen Zeitung, Reinhard Palmer
‘A Keyboard Visionary…The ‘vocabulary’ of Grosvenor’s ‘piano dictionary’ knows no bounds. Like a...
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Macalester College, USA, Recital
28.02.2010
St. Paul Pioneer Press - Rob Hubbard
"What those fortunate enough to find a seat experienced was a 17-year-old artist who seems able to channel the emotional storms of adolescence into...
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Gilmore, USA, Recital
21.02.2010
Kalamazoo Gazette - C.J. Gianakaris
"He exuded superb musicality...The pianist created unearthly fluttery figures in [Chopin's] Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39, giving it a spiritual...
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