Víkingur Ólafsson

[André Le Nôtre]

I heard some of his Bach on the radio a while ago and wanted to listen to more, so I added one of his Bach albums (are we still calling them CDs?) to my Qobuz favorites (I finally signed up for Qobuz!). His style reminds me a little of Alexis Weissenberg, but the slower pieces and transcriptions have a sensitivity lacking in some of Weissenberg's recordings. I am really enjoying the album, especially the transcriptions. What are your thoughts on this pianist? Favorite recordings?

[DavidW]

I really like his Bach recording.  Just magical.  Did you know that he has some music videos on youtube?  For a real I don't mean recordings of him playing, but MTV kind of thing.  But well done.