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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.

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

Performed by Olsi Leka, cello, and Dirk Herten, piano, this interpretation reflects a shared commitment to uncovering the depth, refinement, and imaginative richness of Debussy's final masterpiece. Composed during the turmoil of WW1, the work embodies Debussy's late style, where clarity, refinement, and expressive intensity merge into a language of extraordinary subtlety.

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