” This performance makes each piece sound as if it were being heard for the first time. Eskelinen is a powerfull, colorfull player, with a rock-solid control of rhythm and dynamics and a sophisticated approach to phrasing. One impressive quality is his fidelity to the score – not in a slavish, unimaginative way, but in his capacity to realize perfectly, and convey clearly, the most complex rhythmic figures and contrapuntal textures. Too often, others only approximate these passages.”