VOLKER BANFIELD
Biography
...From the very opening of 'Kreisleriana' here, Banfield's affinity with Schumann's highly complex emotional character is abundantly clear, as is his command of the keyboard. Powerful, but never blatantly so, beautifully rounded in tone, and structurally far-seeing, his playing is impressive in its authority and self-evident commitment... (***** -Siepmann, BBC Magazine)
