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Camille SAINT-SAËNS Rhapsodie d'Auvergne, pour piano seul op 73.

Recorded and Mastered at the White-Records Studio..

This album brings together a selection of remarkable piano works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sonatas: KV 331, KV 457, and KV 545—alongside the expressive Fantasia KV 475 and KV 379.

This recording captures the expressive depth and architectural clarity of these iconic works while showcasing Olsi Leka’s personal musical voice.

Performed on a Baroque cello tuned to a lower historical pitch, the recording restores the warmth and resonance of Bach’s original sound world. The Sixth Suite is played on a five-string cello piccolo, widely believed to be the instrument for which it was conceived, revealing the brilliance and expanded range Bach envisioned.

"Dithyrambe" by Cornelia Zambila

'Dirk HERTEN is a pianist who marches to the beat of a different metronome...' 

The whole Note - David Olds

Claude Debussy cello sonata in D minor L. 135

High praise indeed for Herten, but not undeserved. Herten’s reverent interpretation of the intricate material renders the original tunes nearly saccharine and pale in comparison. 

by Kiersten van Vliet

Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds and Dirk Herten give a zestful account of Charles Ives’s Violin Sonatas. They dispatch this repertoire with both expressive character and sensitivity. 

Pizzicato GDL

At the occasion of the centenary of the end of the Great War, cellist Olsi LEKA teams up with pianist Peter CAELEN and photographer Frédéric PAUWELS to create a unique CD combining classical music, contemporary photography […] 

'Every now and then an unfamiliar recording of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas challenges acknowledged preconceptions regarding interpretation, but recent recording by Dirk Herten goes a step or two  farther than that....

Gramophone - Rob Cowan