from Eileen Joyce - The complete Parlophone & Columbia solo recordings (APR7502) 1 Allegro [4'48] 14 minutes 2 seconds 3 tracks2 Adagio [5'08] 3 Allegretto [4'06] ‘Listening to Joyce is strangely addictive. One cannot wait, as it were, to read the next chapter. She shares with Kreisler and Tauber the same unteachable ability to elevate the second-rate to the fi ... ‘The quality that comes across in these performances is the sheer joy of playing. Joyce possessed a formidable technique and an interpretative mind that blended stylish sensibility with passion … ... ‘The Ballades are simply magnificent, up there with the best. Always warm and well-shaped, they are very complete in their understanding of where the music is going, always convincing in their rubato’ ... |