REVIEWS
Latest album reviews and press quotes.
...These Beethovens are of a timeless significance...Passionate and generous playing... ...this performance is simply REVEALING... [Beethoven Piano Concertos 3 & 4]
Elger Niels in ‘De Nieuwe Muze’ / 2021
...An approach full of energy, lightness, architecture and transparency... ...One of the most interesting editions of the Beethoven year 2020...Fascinating!... [Beethoven Piano Concertos 3 & 4]
Emanuel Overbeeke in ’Luister’ / 2021
..The lightness, the transparency, the flawless virtuosity is astonishing... Not one moment of false sentiment is to be found... [Beethoven Piano Concertos 3 & 4]
Siebe Riedstra in ’Opus Klassiek‘ / 2021
...Enjoyed the brilliance and energy; excellent piano playing; beautiful slow movements... [Beethoven Piano Concertos 3 & 4]
Jan Wijn / 2021
‘A beautiful box, it deserves a wide audience’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
Opus Klassiek, Emanuel Overbeeke / 2015
‘The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music, a lifework, the majority of the works were never published, not on LP nor on CD’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
NRC, Floris Don / 2015
‘Many interesting compositions for piano, of international standing, eminently recorded’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
Trouw, Christo Lelie / 2015
‘Jacob Bogaart has erected a unique monument’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
Het Parool, Erik Voermans / 2015
‘Historical recordings”. “Praise to Jacob Bogaart’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
Telegraaf, Thiemo Wind / 2015
‘Pianist Jacob Bogaart recorded a unique collection, one great journey of discovery.’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
Leeuwarder Courant, Erik Voermans / 2015
‘Discoveries of our own soil’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
Gooi en Eemlander, Josée Zuiver / 2015
‘With this valuable CD box Jacob Bogaart achieved an accomplishment of great stature.’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
Nederlands Dagblad, Roel Sikkema / 2015
‘An impressive anthology.’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
Luister, Olga de Kort Koulikova / 2015
‘Jacob Bogaart is a very gifted player, who has endeavoured to give each work an optimal interpretation.’ ‘A varied documentary, a musical appealing and exciting anthology of Dutch keyboard music.’ ‘This remarkable and important CD box is characterised by a beautiful execution, musically and programmatically, textually and by design.’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
EPTA Bulletin, Christo Lelie / 2015
‘Stunning Dutch heritage. An overview in which every CD tells us how proud we should be of the Dutch cultural inheritance.’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
Klassieke Zaken / 2015
‘Jacob Bogaart is a pioneer, an advocate and a tireless discoverer of Dutch keyboard music.’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
Olga Koulikova, pianist / 2015
‘..what a beautiful clear playing, never massif or woolly, pianoplaying which I love’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
Katja Reichenfeld, musicreviewer, author / 2015
‘This is a monumental achievement.’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
Jan van Dijk, composer, last still living pupil of Willem Pijper / 2015
‘A veritable mer á boire’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
Paul van Reijen, musicologist, professor University of Groningen, pianist, publicist / 2015
‘.. this remarkable project deserves all possible appreciation for its programming and execution.’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
Daniel Wayenberg, pianist, composer / 2015
‘A monument to cherish.’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
Dagblad v.h. Noorden / 2015
‘An A+’ ‘All played with great inspiration; an exemplary production.’ [The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music]
Hans Quant, pianist / 2015