Selection of Press Reviews

“Immaculately-articulated authority – thunderous grandeur”
— The Independent

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“A stroke of genius.”
— Classic FM Magazine

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“A very vivid, distinctive and already legendary pianist."
— Latvian National Radio

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“Sublime poetry, playfulness and, above all, a relish of what the modern piano can bring to this music in terms of dynamics, colour and articulation.”
— The Sunday Times

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“Amid a plethora of recordings of Bach's keyboard Concertos, many of them recent, van Bloss can claim the remarkable achievement of creating a thoroughly distinctive sound. No one else matches the crystalline clarity of his fingerings, his ability to find motifs and figures hidden in the textures, and his hypnotic driving sense of pulse...the English Chamber Orchestra is infected by his inspiration.”
— BBC Music Magazine

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“This CD will dispel any doubts about the level of his artistry...I found its joie de vivre irresistible.”
— The Telegraph

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“A poetic, tender and vividly coloured performance that has had critics clawing at superlatives.”
— International Piano Magazine

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“Not many pianists can make you listen to all five concertos as if for the first time. Well, Nick van Bloss can. Whatever alchemy he brings to the piano, and his life has been turbulent, Van Bloss finds a quiet certainty in Bach that few others match.”
— Norman Lebrecht, CD of the Week

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“This fine recording is unusual thanks to van Bloss's approach to ornamentation, which doesn't always follow the conventional practices. He has a way of putting a bloom on the notes in the slow movements, which sing beautifully: the music emerges with pristine freshness.”
— Album of the Week, The Independent

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“Van Bloss’ refined artistry and artistic discernment mark him as a pianist of rare gifts.”
— Miami Herald

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“Nick van Bloss is a brilliant pianist, with - as exemplified in his new recording of Chopin's Third Piano Sonata and the opus 28 Preludes - a comprehensive command of musical structures, a deep power of lyrical expression and a lucid ability to articulate the fastest music without exaggeration or flashiness. His gauging of pace and tempo is just about flawless, whether in the big canvas of the Sonata or the tiniest aphorism of a Prelude. It's damn near miraculous."
— Michael Tumelty, Glasgow Herald

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“His emotional timing in the headlong finale is impeccable."
— Julian Haylock, Sinfini Music Daily

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“This was the Goldbergs as you’ll never have heard them: as a Tarantino-like display of violent energy and virtuosic choreography."
— Igor Toronyi-Lalic, The Arts Desk

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“Van Bloss seems at ease with the technical hurdles in the faster variations, and his love of putting a shine on the notes in the slower variations never holds back the tempo."
— Pianist Magazine