‘As playful as it is intense — firmly rooted in tradition, yet endlessly searching and adventurous. Each of the thirteen short pieces explores one or more expressive possibilities of the piano and are, in the words of Adam Shatz in the liner notes, ‘marvels of compressed exploration. To listen to them in succession, as they’re meant to be heard, is to enter a vast, sophisticated, and deeply considered sound-world. Song Unconditional is also gorgeous, sometimes startlingly. It belongs, I think, in the company of the most impressive solo piano albums of recent years.’‘