Beethoven: Concerto Pour Piano Et Orchestre No. 1 & 2

Shani Diluka (piano) & Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Kwamé Ryan

"The core of my interpretation derives from the 'German'masters I have come to know: Fleisher the pupil of Schnabel; Perahia and Schenker; Valentin Erben of the Alban Berg Quartet – all rooted in the great tradition of and respect for this noble 'Goethean' culture. This extends even to my choice of piano: a Bechstein, in homage to the profound and luminous sound of the mythic recordings by Fischer and Kempff (I play the latter's rarely heard cadenzas)." Shani Diluka

Beethoven:
 Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19

Shani Diluka is a young pianist with a lot to say. She coaxes a beautiful sound from her Bechstein, spinning a lustrously beautiful thread through the Adagio of the B flat major Concerto...Diluka's resume mentions Martha Argerich and there is perhaps a touch of the great Argentinian's highly reactive, febrile approach to the music in this reading...Diluka, though, is clearly an artist to watch and her sense of individuality is refreshing."
Gramophone Magazine - June 2011