“One of the most gifted pianists around with a definite flair for the romantics…” —Time Magazine
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“Prokofiev’s War Sonata in B flat major receives a powerful and urgent reading from Pollack who also emphasizes the emotionally unbalanced and frenetic nature of the music. The Nocturne in C sharp minor gets an exceptional performance from Pollack who conveys an intense melancholy without getting overtly dramatic about it…” “The Pollack traits of quick pacing and urgency pay significant benefits in the two Brahms Intermezzos. Pollack gives the two pieces a rhythmic vitality that is quite appealing and surely bests those recorded versions that can put the listener into a stupor. His performance of the Intermezzo in E major is particularly gorgeous and compelling.” Don Satz, MusicWeb |
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Daniel Pollack is one of the few remaining pianists today with a sublime link to the golden age of the piano.
-Margaret Mercer, WQXR New York.Four Winds.2004. |
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“Pollack has taken on the subtle challenges of Schumann’s Carnaval and has recorded a revelatory view of the work that is balm for the jaded ear and a soul-satisfying achievement. There is little need to compare this Carnaval with the performance of other artists since along with the best of them it occupies its own unique special world. The great Schumann Fantasy is played with sweep and passion…(Pollack) plays all three sections with all the emotion, imagination and color necessary to make it sound like a disciplined, yet grand improvisation. Liszt’s two blockbusters (the Mephisto Waltz, Funerailles) only add additional incentives to acquire this outstanding recording.”
— Alan Becker, American Record |
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“Daniel Pollack is one of the few remaining pianists today with a sublime link to the golden age of the piano.”
–Margaret Mercer, WQXR New York “Pianist Daniel Pollack’s artistry has a flair for the romantics.” –Time Magazine |
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“This illuminating and sensuous pianism evident even in the most resounding fortissimos, making virile a discourse that is all too often watered down; prodigious pianism of fiery energy, of dynamic articulation, élan and fullness – that dominates and towers over the competition from now on – and constitutes the disc that most approaches Barber’s piano music and becomes as well a summation and an event.”
–Repertoire Magazine, Paris, France “In his hands the Sonata (Samuel Barber’s Sonata) is powerfully driven and crisply articulated, creating a palpable sense of raw energy and excitement.” –Gramaphone, London, England “Pollack embraces the Sonata (Samuel Barber’s Sonata) wholeheartedly using deep resources and myriad details. The lighter material he imbues with elegance.” –Los Angeles Times |
