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Voices of the Press
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Fanfare (USA)
Fialkowska’s fluid technique, her languid arpeggios and differences of touch and sound, combine to create a stunning tonal picture.
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The Winnipeg Free Press
Fialkowska's playing is so authoritative, exploratory and beautifully coloured that she sounds as if on a personal mission to bring this exotic and highly individual music to the masses.
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The Gazette (Montreal)
Fialkowska is a superb advocate of the composer in all his moods and stages, playing with clarity and an intuitive sense of rhythmic nuance.
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The National Post
Her ardent performance of the Étude, op. 4 (no. 3), an amorous dialogue that invokes both Chopin and Rachmaninov, is not to be missed.
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The Globe & Mail (Toronto)
Fialkowska's subtle interpretations bring out the best in this composer. ... The tenderness and vulnerability of Fialkowska's soprano, which 'listens to' and is transformed by the bass's disturbance, is worth the price of the disc, and blows other versions I compared ... out of the water.
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International Piano
Impassioned clarity and exuberant sweep ... Fialkowska projects atmosphere and narrative élan with an almost pointillistic brilliance ... Superb. Highest recommendation.
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Classical Music Magazine
Fialkowska ... displays a keen affinity for the music of her father's homeland, not to mention a phenomenal technique in this often fiercely difficult music. A most welcome recording.
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