Pierre-Laurent Aimard?’s latest album Schubert Ländler , released in May 2024, has been listed as one of the Boston Globe’s Top 10 best classical albums of the year . It also featured on The Times’ list of best classical albums of 2024 and was described as ?“captivating” …
“Superlative playing… [Aimard] is clearly a musician in demand. From this performance, it is not hard to see why.”
Simon Barrow | Edinburgh Music Review, August 2024
“Pierre-Laurent Aimard journeys like a sleepwalker, suspended between dream and reality, revealing all those fragile, ephemeral, but also indelible things that arise from Schubert’s spontaneity. The performer (…) picks out the smallest note as if all of Schubert were contained therein. (…) An old-fashioned record, with depth and raw charm, where everything breathes poetry.”
Erwan Gentric | Diapason, August 2024
Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s Schubert Ländler album receives review from Gramophone Schubert composed around 450 dances for piano. While their original function may have been modest, all are exemplary of their kind, and …
“Aimard find something special every time” – Performance ***** | Recording *****
BBC Music Magazine, July 2024