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His recordings of Chopin’s études and nocturnes offer lovely, generally introverted, smoothed, even sleepy takes on those works.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2024

Eventually, he took a crack at writing some études himself.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2023

Perhaps most valuable were standard-setting discs of the Chopin études, sonatas and nocturnes, as well as Brahms concertos with Riccardo Chailly and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2021

In études that provide rigorous workouts in double thirds, octaves and more, Rana brings out ebullience, mystery and fearsome intensity.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2021

During that period she learned many difficult works, including études by Heller and Czerny, some Chopin valses, and various movements of the Beethoven sonatas, including the whole of the first one.

From Woman's Work in Music by Elson, Arthur