A Yorkie to her fingertips, pianist Sarah Beth Briggs knows exactly what suits her resolute style.
A romantic at heart, she also relishes the delicacy that Haydn and Mozart demand.
Her Bartok has a foot in both camps.
So this collection makes an extremely satisfying whole. She takes a thoughtful approach to Haydn's F minor Variations, throwing light into every corner.
In Mozart's F major Sonata, K.332, the clarity of her ornamentation constantly tickles the fancy. Its mercurial finale is thrilling.
Bartok's Op 14 Suite moves effortlessly from whirligig through menace to remorse. An autumnal burnish glows through the three intermezzos and rhapsody of Brahms's Op 119.
If the start of Chopin's Fourth Ballade is a touch self-indulgent, the flow of her narrative is crystal clear, full of delightful touches - as is the whole disc.
- Available at Banks, York or through www.sarahbethbriggs.co.uk
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