“frankly, I know of no better performance, on historical pianos or modern ones" International Record Review

“This series continues to be most impressive. Vermeulen must be the ideal Schubert player, and the instrument, a superbly restored Streicher und Sohn of 1826, has an astonishing range of dynamics form a powerful fortissimo to an especially beautiful pianissimo, and it has a wonderful clarity of articulation. “ Early Music Review

Vilain XIIII’s six-octave straight-strung Streicher has an intimate sound, precise articulation and a transparent bass register and is therefore perfectly suited to the music of the Viennese early Romantics Beethoven and Schubert, the latter in particular. The recording of the complete solo piano works of Franz Schubert on this first-class period instrument is a project that originated with perfect logic from the cycle of concerts devoted to Schubert’s works that Jan Vermeulen has given for the Cultural Centre Maasmechelen since 2003 and from the increasing realisation of the particular historical qualities of the instrument.

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Fortepiano Nannette Streicher [1826 ]