Schubert - Piano Sonatas D958 & D959 Piano Avie Records

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"Barnatan has a warm rounded tone and a wide dynamic range. Moreover, he is able to peform the slow movements with aching beauty, while bringing power and momentum to the other sections of these sonatas. He is also keenly aware of just when to let loose with his impressive technique and humor Bartnan’s Schubert is worthy of a standing ovation, and while there is no indication tht this is to be part of a series, I would encourage him to continue. His lucid notes come from one who clearly loves this composer, and he is blessed with excellent sound."

Alan Becker - American Record Guide - January/February 2014

Performance ***** Recording *****

"... The playing is so consistently excellent The suppleness of phrase, the harmonic balances, the exquisite colouring, the choice of tempos, all these are just some of the virtues which abound here ..."

Jeremy Siepmann - BBC Music magazine - Christmas 2013

"... Barnatan has since switched record companies and is heard here to rather better advantage. What hasn’t changed, however, is his sureness of purpose, the sense that he relates utterly naturally to the anguished world of Schubert’s final piano pieces. He senses well the music’s extremes but these grow from within the notes themselves, rather than being applied from without the finale, lustrously shaded and endlessly subtly phrased, is one of the best things here. As an encore, we have an enchanting reading of the G-flat major Impromptu."

Harriet Smith - Gramophone magazine - November 2013

"More Schubert from this pianist would be more than welcome. Highly recommended!" *****

Zan Furtwangler - AudiophileAudition.com - 30 October 2013

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