The George Walker Project
"Dossin performs with passion and authority." Ralph Graves
"(...) remarkable CD. (...)Dossin continually brings out subtleties in Walker’s scores that are inherent but not always stated by other pianists, yet he does so in a way that does not distort the music (...)" Lynn René Bayley
"(...) essential for anyone with the slightest interest in Walker’s music." James Manheim
The George Walker Project
"[Dossin's] ability to grasp the long line of Walker’s music is a really big factor in one’s enjoyment of his performances. Purely from the standpoint of musical style, not musical content, Dossin plays Walker as if he were Beethoven, and that is all to the good. (...) Lynn René Bailey
International Acclaim
"Alexandre Dossin’s luminous, expansive playing is a great delight from the beginning to the end of this disc. With his wonderful technical control, more than Bernstein himself displays in the Piano Sonata (RCA), and with his breadth of imagination, wider than Alexander Frey’s performance of the Anniversaries(Koch), he serves up these little fragments to their brilliant best advantage. (…) Dossin’s playing is particularly profound and beautiful here [In Memoriam: Ellen Goetz]. The pianist has done a marvelous job of polishing these little gems to a high luster (…)”
Raymond Beegle, Fanfare Magazine
"Pianist Alexandre Dossin's polished, idiomatic and well-recorded performances hold their own alongside Alexander Frey's 'complete' 1998 Bernstein piano music cycle."
Jed Distler, Gramophone
“Alexandre Dossin handles the performance…with a near-perfect understanding of the stylistic worlds they dwell in. He seems very much the right pianist for this music.”
Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review
Brazilian pianist Alexandre Dossin does full justice to the diverging aspects of Bernstein’s output for solo piano, with a muscular reading of the Sonata, and an expressively melodic approach to the sets of Anniversaries. He even includes world première recordings of the Music for the Dance No. II and Non Troppo Presto, both of which showcase the composer’s more cerebral side. This alone should be enough to entice Bernstein collectors to seek out this recording.
Classical Music Sentinel
Dossin ideally steers himself through these pitfalls, his abundant technique making little of the challenges posed. The sound quality is excellent, and the whole disc has my strongest recommendation.
David’s Review Corner
Alexandre Dossin is an accomplished pianist with several fine recordings to his credit. Thus far this pianist has demonstrated a penchant for rhythmic flexibility, clarity, sensitivity and drama. Mr. Dossin’s new recording of piano works by Leonard Bernstein continues this trend. Sound and production values are excellent.
Alan Cohen
“(...)The Polonaise from Onegin, easily the most familiar work on the disc, is given an extrovert reading that highlights its profusion of opulent pianistic detail without obscuring the overall structure and momentum of the dance. Dossin’s interpretation readily holds its own beside those older, famous ones of Cziffra and Ponti, and perhaps surpasses them in its unforced poise and characteristic voice. Dossin approaches Alyabyev’s The Nightingale, set by Liszt as a veritable mini-Russian rhapsody, with intelligence and finesse. Meanwhile, the quirky Circassian March from Glinka’s Russlan and Ludmilla, a virtuoso tour de force, fairly explodes with rhythmic acrobatics and kaleidoscopic colors. (...)It is hard to imagine a more eloquent spokesman for this repertoire than Dossin. Though he is by birth and upbringing Brazilian, the nine years he spent studying in Moscow lend an unmistakable authenticity to his voice in Russian music. Moreover, Dossin’s refined and multifaceted pianism, combined with his formidable intellectual and musical grasp, make him one of the more remarkable Liszt interpreters before the public today.”
Fanfare
"(...) Given these performances by Dossin, one could hope for a reevaluation and possibly an awakening in the piano world that this is good piano music, demanding of the pianist and worthy of study and performance. While I've never heard these works programmed, I would go well out of my way to hear Dossin play them. He has the sensitivity and flair for the poetic moments as well as the drive and excitement necessary. (...) In the First Sonata, Dossin convinces me that, despite the similarities with Prokofiev (and to a lesser extent Scriabin) this is a good first effort. The middle movement especially has a beautiful melodic fabric woven by a master pianist. The Second Sonata is, perhaps, the high-point of Kabalevsky's piano compositions. It is overtly virtuosic, and I hear the ghost of Horowitz in almost every bar. Were it not for the exceptionally good modern sonics, it would be easy for a listener to mistake Dossin for the departed legend. Not to say that this is simply a good pianist copying an old one. Dossin surely has spent some time listening to the older recording, and certainly has been influenced by it, but it is his own interpretation, and quite worthy of comparison. The last sonata is a little bittersweet and easily the best recording I have heard of it. The sonatinas make this a very generous and complete collection. Anyone found of the Russian piano works of the 20th century should listen to this. It will favorably alter any feelings you might have towards Kabalevsky and give you a chance to hear a terrific young pianist."
American Record Guide
“Dossin's performance compares favorably with those of Horowitz, Zak and Scherbakov.”
Amazon.com
“Dossin easily beats the available competition.”
Fanfare
“Alexandre Dossin surmounts the technical difficulties of these works with aplomb.”
Allmusic.com
“Dossin (...) gives brilliant performances of all of this music. Recommended!”
Classicalcdreview.com
“The pianist’s ability to conjure magical spaces by superbly weighted pianissimi is worth the price of the disc alone.”
MusicWeb International
“Alexandre Dossin leaves no stone unturned in his search for nuance in the writing.”
Sunday Tribune, Glasgow
“Dossin colours the music with delicate, technically deft strokes.”
Toronto Star
“[Dossin] has an instinctive feel for the music, and shows abundant technical prowess in the fast and dramatic sections.”
Naxos.com
"Those who enjoyed Dossin's CD of Kabalevsky sonatas should not hesitate--this is a worthy continuation of his series.”
Amazon.com
“Dossin is a superb pianist, something collectors may already know from his two prior albums. Indeed, he is as convincing an advocate for this music as we can hope for at this time, sculpting the darker preludes in fire and ice. (...) do not hesitate to give this excellent disc a listen.”
MusicWeb International
“Alexandre Dossin brings his muscular technique to bear with impressive results…”
Gramophone