This is heady stuff. With genuine understanding and astonishing confidence, Lajkó pulls off what surely will be considered a career-defining achievement. Hungaroton’s presentation is at one with the performance. The engineers have encompassed Lajkó’s infinitely varied yet always natural piano sound in beautiful detail.
Read MoreMartin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews: My second new discovery this month, and for this I can be forgiven: a remarkable transcription of Liszt’s mighty Faust Symphony, played with astonishing confidence and skill by István Lajkó.
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