His first recital album on Signum Records, internationally acclaimed pianist Melvyn Tan brings a new perspective to Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas 30, 31 and 32. Exploration, insight and imagination are vital ingredients in Melvyn Tan’s blend of artistic attributes. He established his international reputation with pioneering performances on fortepiano and continues to cast fresh light on music conceived for the piano’s early and modern forms.
★★★★★ “A cleanliness that, here we return to Tan, refers to the greatness of the Goldberg Variations.” – Ritmo
★★★★ Performance ★★★★★ Recording “We hear this intellectual approach in the playing…[Op. 109] Tan conjures a dream-like state in the first movement…fingers dancing lightly as water boatmen in Variation No. 2, and the loveliest tumbling No. 4…as a whole, his approach is illuminating, and worth hearing for it’s Bachian perspective” – BBC Music Magazine
“Tan cultivates a clear, yet always rounded piano sound, from which he extracts vocal qualities in the slow movements (particularly beautiful in Op. 109)…The runs are sparkling” – Piano News