Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Debussy: Estampes; Liszt, etc | CD review

Llŷr Williams(Signum)The real quality that is so apparent in Llyr Williams's direct, unfussy piano playing when heard live might not always transfer so effectively to disc, but in this perhaps unlikely combination of Mussorgsky, Debussy and three pieces by Liszt, the sheer musicality, clarity and rhythmic verve of Williams's playing come across vividly. He makes no excuses for presenting Pictures at an Exhibition in its penny-plain piano garb, and never tries to find ways of compensating for th...

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