Contemporary music
Thérèse BRENET - "Le Visionnaire"
Monographic album by Thérèse BRENET including 7 exclusive chamber music recordings by Nicolas Horvath
Thierry Vagne blog
Very engaging atmospheres.(Thierry vagne)
JTBProd 01: December 2012
John CAGE - In a Landscape
John Cage music is linked with my 20's and the years spent with the great Gerard Fremy with whome i learnt so much.
At this time, I was a Scriabin music lover. It was one of the reason I had chosen to work with Gerard Frémy (as he was one of Heinrich Nehaus assistants). But Gerard felt that I was different from the usual "conservatory" students, and .... he introduced me to John Cage music as ... he worked with him ! He told me what to do with this music, what Cage told him .... It was such amazing moments !
I hope you will like those 2 Zen pieces : In a Landscape & Dream
Nicolas Horvath Discoveries(1001 Notes): This new Series, initially planned as a follow-up to my Philip Glass albums, allows me to share these magnificent composers that I have discovered and that I have supported for more than twenty years.
Released: May 2022 ; 1001NOTESnhd05
Jean CATOIRE - The Complete Piano Music
All the Jean Catoire (the forgotten french pioneer of minimal music) piano music in 8 volumes (30 hours of music)
Nicolas Horvath Discoveries
(1001 Notes): This new Series, initially planned as a follow-up to my Philip Glass albums, allows me to share these magnificent composers that I have discovered and that I have supported for more than twenty years.
Release : December 2021
David CHRISTOFFEL - Echecs Opératiques
Nicolas Horvath Discoveries (1001 Notes): This new Series, initially planned as a follow-up to my Philip Glass albums, allows me to share these magnificent composers that I have discovered and that I have supported for more than twenty years.
Release : Febuary 2023
Melaine DALIBERT - En Abyme
Nicolas Horvath Discoveries (1001 Notes): This new Series, initially planned as a follow-up to my Philip Glass albums, allows me to share these magnificent composers that I have discovered and that I have supported for more than twenty years.
Release : September 2022
Julius EASTMAN - 3 Extended Pieces for 4 pianos 2CD / 2LP
Esoteros
A titanic commitment (Michele palozzo)
Soundohm
Could not recommend it enough (Bradford Bailey)
Finally the release of my very first LIVE recording!
3 iconic works by Julius Eastman by a shock quartet (also dreamy!):Melaine Dalibert, Stephane Ginsburgh, Wilhem Latchoumia and ... yours truly!
Live recording, September 28, 2019, Salle de la Bourse / Strasbourg as part of the Musica Festival
Sub Rosa - SR503: July 2021
Michael Jon FINK - Sunless
Nicolas Horvath Discoveries (1001 Notes): This new Series, initially planned as a follow-up to my Philip Glass albums, allows me to share these magnificent composers that I have discovered and that I have supported for more than twenty years.
Release : April 2023
Philip GLASS - Glass Essentials LP
Voir CA : ★★★★
El Nuevo Herald
This compilation that stands out for its rarity and refinement. (Jesús Vega)
Voir CA
And all this, played by Nicolas Horvath, an exegete who recently played all of Glass's piano works in a 12-hour concert. Oh yes, I want it. (Réjean
Beaucage)
Online Merker
Nicolas Horvath knows how to conjure up all poetry from the technically demanding pieces like no other, as well as to weave percussive repetitions with melodic finesse into a fine sound network. The recorded piano pieces are music as if from another star in its largely simple beauty, exotic tint and transparent purity. Great. The sonic quality and production are without fault and reproach. (Ingobert Waltenberger)
Grand Piano (Naxos) -GP752LP: February 2017
Philip GLASS - Glass Essentials II LP
Second homage to this immense American composer in the form of 33 rpm records
Grand Piano (Naxos): March 2022
Philip GLASS - GlassWorlds Vol.1
RHAPSODY:
TOP 10 CLASSICAL ALBUMS, APRIL 2015
International Piano Rating:★★★★★
Klassiek Centraal Rating:★★★★
CDconnection.com
# 19
Top 100 Classical - Fastest Selling Classical CDs April 23, 2015
Fnac.com # 42
on Top 50 Classical Best Selling Classical CDs May 6, 2015
L'Education Musicale
No one can question the magic of Nicolas Horvath's interpretation. Rigor in the rhythmic progression, virtuosity and delicacy of touch, poetry of the line. A wonderful way to enter the unique world of Philip Glass. (Patrice Imbaud)
Inactuelles
A masterful, dazzling record, very intelligently conceived. (Dionys)
La Nuit Magazine
We savor here the sensitivity of his touch, and his simple and refined vision of this score that we feel from the first notes
A masterful record. To discover without delay.
Scene Magazine
Pianist Nicolas Horvath exhibits skill and inventiveness in his performance, qualities which allow him to go wherever the music leads. (Chris Morgan)
Grand Piano (Naxos) - GP677: March 2015
Philip GLASS - GlassWorlds Vol.2
ATperfectmonster.com:
Album of the day
Culture Catch:Best Classical Albums 2015
Music is Good - Favorite classical albums of 2015
# 12
Primephonic:★★★★★
Klassiek-centraal:★★★★
Stretto.be
: ★★★★
Examiner.com
Horvath can perform these etudes in a way that brings intense expression to their abstract qualities without ever overplaying his hand, so to speak.(Stephen smoliar)
L'Education Musicale
A polymorphic cycle, a true climax in Glass's solo piano compositions.(Patrice Imbaud)
Silent city
Romanticism, melancholy, drama, passion ....(Loïc.P)
Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music
The brilliant Lisztian-Rachmaninovian virtuosity that Nicolas Horvath brings to the cycle generates a lot of bravandos and even excitement.In Horvath's hands these are convincing torrents of pianistic energy! Bravo! (Grego Applegate Edwards)
Grand Piano (Naxos) - GP690: September 2015
Philip GLASS - GlassWorlds Vol.3
International Classical Music Awards: 2016 Nominee
The Naxos Chart - January 2016:
Naxos Top 20 Bestsellers
Klassiek-centraal:★★★★
International Piano:★★★★
Stretto.be:
★★★★
L'Education Musicale
Admirable album, magnified by the dazzling interpretation of Nicolas Horvath. A must-have ! (Patrice Imbaud)
American Record Guide
Performances are fine and demonstrate as always Horvath’s intense, almost romantic expressive choices for the music. Glass’s music benefits from this approach very nicely. (Rob Haskins)
International Piano
Nicolas Horvath continues his excellent series of Glass piano music. It demonstrates Horvath's strengths in his ability to capture Glass' stretching of time, and his sensitivity to prolonged moods. Fascinating.
Inactuelles
Inspired from one end to the other, Nicolas Horvath makes us discover for our greatest happiness another Philip Glass, more human, where technology is only a path to the great enigmatic, mythical and magical sources of life.(Dionys)
Grand Piano (Naxos) - GP691: January 2016
Philip GLASS - GlassWorlds Vol.4
International Classical Music Awards:
2016 Nominee
The Naxos Chart - July 2016:
Naxos Top 20 Bestsellers
International Piano:★★★★★
Crescendo Magazine: Sound
9
- Booklet
8
- Repertoire 8
- Interpretation8
The echo:4/5
Klassiek-centraal:★★★★
Stretto.be:
★★★★
International Piano
Fascinating. Glass enthusiasts need not hesitate.
LesVeillesMusicales
Nicolas Horvath performs all this with the same precision as in the previous volume, and the same indifference to the "canons" of minimalism, which rejects the old vision, very mechanical, which dominated in the interpretation of this music. It's like Liszt, sometimes...
Stephanegodet.com
Nicolas Horvath perfectly recreates the atmosphere of this music. A unique experience at the edge of the spiritual where departure never presupposes the end. (Stephane Godet)
Scene Magazine
As performed by acclaimed pianist Nicholas Horvath, these works are evocative, cinematic and filled with a pathos that defies easy definition. …Rather than simply reproducing incidental music, Horvath’s naked arrangement shines a light on the score, allowing listeners to appreciate the subtle aspects of the work, both on an emotional and technical level. (Chris Morgan)
Grand Piano (Naxos) - GP692: June 2016
Philip GLASS - GlassWorlds Vol.5
Magazin Klassik-8 : Interpretation: ★★★★ Sound: ★★★★ Repertoire: ★★★★ Booklet:★★★
Piano International :★★★★★
Cescendo Magazine : Sound 9 – Booklet 8 – Répertoire 8
– Interprétation 10
Infodad +++
Magasin Opulens
The dedicated rehangs Horvath both the microcosmic, repetitive throng and the meditative lyer, large-scale magic that flows into new, wide worlds. A must-have for all Philip Glass lovers! (Björn Gustavsson)
American Record Guide
Mr Horvath continues this fascinating survey of Glass’s piano music with performances that satisfy me completely (Rob Haskins)
Lexnews
Philip Glass cuts through the notes of his compositions as a reminder of our numb senses. Bells, beats, sound rosaries parade in clean melodies that Nicolas Horvath manages to capture with astonishing acuity. A veritable haiku sound, the purity paradoxically gives rise to a profusion of images and sensations almost corporeal, acoustic mantra of modern times. (Philippe-Emmanuel Krautter)
Magazin Klassik-8
Horvath creates with a fine sense of gripping arcs of tension. From reduction and supposed statics, mood images emerge here, which reveal with great sensitivity and seriousness a whole spectrum of colourings – and a music that wants to be experienced by its willing listeners and gives them the freedom to to linger on their own. (Jasemin Khaleli)
Philip GLASS - GlassWorlds Vol.6
Lark Reviews
The cd is a strong addition to the series
American Record Guide
This would make an important addition to any Glass collection (Nathan Faro)
MusicWeb International
The playing by Horvath is quite astonishing, it couldn’t have a stronger advocate (David R Dunsmore)
International Piano
This series continues to illuminate. Recommended. (Colin Clarke)
BBC Music Magazine
A beautiful interpretation
Jpc.de
In his latest contribution to the series, Horvath presents the spectacularly virtuoso and at the same time contemplative arrangement of Glass's famous second concerto for solo piano. Fascinating!
Grand Piano (Naxos) - GP817: October 2019
Eva​-​Maria HOUBEN - Ges​ä​nge des tages und der nacht
Nicolas Horvath Discoveries (1001 Notes): : This new Series, initially planned as a follow-up to my Philip Glass albums, allows me to share these magnificent composers that I have discovered and that I have supported for more than twenty years.
Release : May 2023
Anastassis PHILIPPAKOPOULOS - Silent Lights
Nicolas Horvath Discoveries (1001 Notes): : This new Series, initially planned as a follow-up to my Philip Glass albums, allows me to share these magnificent composers that I have discovered and that I have supported for more than twenty years.
Release : March 2023
Hans OTTE - The Book of Sounds
Nicolas Horvath Discoveries (1001 Notes): : This new Series, initially planned as a follow-up to my Philip Glass albums, allows me to share these magnificent composers that I have discovered and that I have supported for more than twenty years.
Release : June 2022
Terry JENNINGS - Winter Sun
Nicolas Horvath Discoveries (1001 Notes): : This new Series, initially planned as a follow-up to my Philip Glass albums, allows me to share these magnificent composers that I have discovered and that I have supported for more than twenty years.
Release : December 2022
Dennis JOHNSON - November
Recorded on November 27, 2021 in a single take, during a cold and scary night, this version is the result of my many concerts with this unique work, as well as the magnificent album made with Lusmord.
Nicolas Horvath Discoveries(1001 Notes): This new Series, initially planned as a follow-up to my Philip Glass albums, allows me to share these magnificent composers that I have discovered and that I have supported for more than twenty years.
Release: April 2022 ; 1001NOTESnhd04
Tom JOHNSON - An Hour For Piano
Nicolas Horvath Discoveries (1001 Notes): : This new Series, initially planned as a follow-up to my Philip Glass albums, allows me to share these magnificent composers that I have discovered and that I have supported for more than twenty years.
Release : July 2022
Tom JOHNSON - The Chord Catalogue
Nicolas Horvath Discoveries (1001 Notes): : This new Series, initially planned as a follow-up to my Philip Glass albums, allows me to share these magnificent composers that I have discovered and that I have supported for more than twenty years.
Release : August 2022
Alvin LUCIER - Music for Piano XL
PAN M 360 : 2021 Top 100
Fanfare:
If you are a curious listener, this album comes highly recommended (Raymond Turtle)
PAN M 360
: This interpretation will remain one of the best in Lucier's catalog (Rejean Beaucage)
NDR Kultur
: An exciting sound experience (Helmut peters)
First world recording of the brand new work for piano by Alvin LUCIER written at the request of Nicolas Horvath and created during the Festival Musica 2020:
Music for Piano with Slow Sweep Pure Wave Oscillators XL
Grand Piano (Naxos) - GP857: February 2021
Jaan RÄÄTS - Complete Piano Sonata Vol.1
International Classical Music Awards:2017 Nominee
Resmusica:
Clef d'Or, 2017 Best Contemporary Release
Naxos:
Bestseller April 2017
Crescendo-magazine: Sound
7
- Booklet
10
- Directory
7
- Interpretation
7
Inactuelles
A magnificent record with impeccable sound, served by a Nicolas Horvath that one feels in his element, inspired, passionate servant of the energy of the Baltic.(Dionys)
Gramophone
Nicolas Horvath seems in masterly command of Rääts' often dark yet gleaming materials whether in propulsion or in the hypnotic doldrums. (Rob Barnett)
Lexnews
Nicolas Horvath's talent plays with the difficulties in this music that he obviously likes, the bridges between Satie and Glass with Ràts appearing here in a striking way, and we gladly let ourselves be carried away... (Philippe-Emmanuel Krautter)
Musicweb-international
Nicolas Horvath is an energetic and sensitive performer, who plays as if these short sonatas are masterpieces, and perhaps they are. The artist’s conviction certainly helps carry the listener along. (Richard Kraus)
Grand Piano (Naxos) - GP765: April 2017
Morteza SHIRKOOHI - Divine Thoughts
Nicolas Horvath takes us into the mystical musical universe of Morteza Shirkoohi, Iranian composer of minimalist classical music.
The "sacred thoughts" gathered here come out less from program music than a musical program, in that they are not descriptive but seem to offer a kind of making of explaining the essence of the composition. The program is not to tell travel memories; The program is to make the memory of the emotion it preserves so that a work woven in this braiding admits. Thus, leaving the sound sing, the interpreter mixes his memory with his future ...
Nicolas Horvath Discoveries(1001 Notes): This new Series, initially planned as a follow-up to my Philip Glass albums, allows me to share these magnificent composers that I have discovered and that I have supported for more than twenty years.
Release : March 2022 ; 1001NOTESnhd03
William SUSMAN - Quiet Rhythms Book I
World Premiere of the Entire First Book of William Susman's Quiet Rhythms
Nicolas Horvath Discoveries (1001 Notes): This new Series, initially planned following my Philip Glass albums, allows me to share these magnificent composers that I have discovered and that I have supported for over twenty years.
Nicolas Horvath Discoveries(1001 Notes): This new Series, initially planned as a follow-up to my Philip Glass albums, allows me to share these magnificent composers that I have discovered and that I have supported for more than twenty years.
Release : January 2022
Michael Vincent WALLER - The South Shore
Michael Vincent WALLER monographic album including 1 exclusive recording by Nicolas Horvath
Sequenza 21
Pasticcio per meno è piú (track 5) is a solo piano piece played with great sensitivity by Nicolas Horvath.
The Classical Reviewer
Pasticcio per meno ê più for piano (2014) is beautifully played by Nicolas Horvath (Bruce Reader
)
XI Records - XI136: April 2015
The French Avant-Garde in the 20th Century
Compilation of the LTM Recordings label including 5 exclusive recordings by Nicolas Horvath
1 (CD1): Claude DEBUSSY, Prélude No. 10: Canope - 3:08
4 (CD1): Marcel DUCHAMP, Musical Erratum - 1:15
21 (CD1): Olivier GRIEF, 2nd Hommage à Raymond Roussel*
- 1:47
10 (CD2): Jean CATOIRE, Opus 145*
- 4:30
11 (CD2): Philippe HERSANT, Ephémère 24: La Lande - 6:28
*world premiere recording
Philippe Hersant
A great thank you and a great congratulations to you! Your interpretation of La Lande, in this very slow tempo, almost dilated, is really impressive!
Bill Smith
This wonderful assemblage of under-documented gems is a beautiful gift. Nicolas Horvath continues to disrupt in a most magical manner.
LTM Records - LTMCD 2571: October 2014