AUGUST 2026 NEW ON NAXOS
About Christopher Williams, Piano Born in Wales, Christopher Williams leads a busy and varied professional life as a pianist, composer, conductor, teacher and arranger. He is currently a staff pianist at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, piano tutor at Cardiff University, and pianist for both the BBC National Chorus of Wales and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Influenced by his teacher and mentor Walter Ryan, Williams developed a keen interest in the performance and recording of works by undeservedly neglected composers, culminating in the release of three albums of world premiere recordings by the composer Semyon Barmotin.
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‘Williamson’s genius is that he plays these arrangements of mostly orchestral pieces as if they were always piano pieces – that is, he’s always pianistic, not symphonic, and he rarely emulates the orchestra. …This is a master class in Lisztian piano style and another winner for Naxos’s venerable series now entering its 30th year.’ – American Record Guide ‘[Scherbakov] can negotiate the most demanding passagework evenly with clarity and precision, he balances competing voices appropriately, and he plays with great élan.’ – Fanfare
‘[Williams] plays superlatively, negotiating the many difficulties with ease …this is a brilliant recording of some rarely heard Liszt all played splendidly by Christopher Williams. I have to say that I’d not heard any of his other recordings but now I feel the need to go out and buy them.’ – MusicWeb International Sergio Gallo undoubtedly knows and masters even the well-known repertoire pieces perfectly. His playing seems tailor-made for Liszt; virtuosic, yes, but above all enthusiastic, passionate, and emotional, yet never uncontrolled… Gallo’s vibrant and technically demanding playing makes this recording well worth listening to. A clear recommendation.’ – Deutsche Liszt-Gesellschaft
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