“This is a major Chopin release – – “
James Manheim, allmusic.com
”While Mertanen takes the coda at a near breakneck clip, his discreet pedalling and clear part-writing prevent the music from sounding rushed; a most gratifying rendition by any standard – – ”
Jed Distler – Gramophone June 2024
”What makes this set something special isn’t so much the music as the top-flight artistry of its performer. Janne Mertanen’s playing offers penetrating lyrical focus, a mesmerising range of keyboard colours, and an instinct for shaping one outwardly bland phrase after another in a way that always feels alive – as in the Romance Op. 10 No. 9, whose repeated opening pattern of D-flat chords and simple left-hand melody here have you thinking: Rachmaninov would have played it like that.”
Malcolm Hayes-BBC Music Magazine
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