ProfessorNeal Peres Da Costa

Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 3: �his attention to expression and phrasing and his subtle interpretations, right down to individual bars and even notes gave his performance a virtuosic edge.�City News(Canberra, June 20, 2015)

�[Peres Da Costa's] attention to expression and phrasing and his subtle interpretations, right down to individual bars and even notes gave his performance a virtuosic edge�City News(Canberra, June 20, 2015) �Here, indeed, is a �rhetorical Beethoven� [�] one with a more flexible approach to rhythm and tempo in order to advance the musical argument with improvisatory flair and panache. It's wonderful stuff: intimate, revelatory and highly enjoyable� W. Yeoman,Limelight(June, 2018)

an �outstanding contribution� to pianism (Limelight, 2012);�a very welcome and important addition� -Association for Recorded Sound CollectionsJournal XLIII/ ii (2012); � exhaustive study of early piano recordings� Nicholas Cook, Beyond the Score (2013); and �thorough and detailed research ... bring to light many questions� - Nineteenth-Century Music Review� (2014); �revelatory� Handelsblad (Amsterdam, 2013). On his website �the crosseyed pianist�, British scholarly pianist Charles Tebbs reviewed the monograph explaining that it will �help steer pianists and musicologists alike towards a fuller understanding of late 19th-century pianism for years to come.�; �My slightly unusual recording of this famous nocturne was inspired after the discovery of a remarkable book Neal Peres da Costa'sOff the Record: Performing Practices in Romantic Piano Playing. The basic premise of the book, argued painstakingly and meticulously throughout, is that early recordings provide a vital and often overlooked window onto 19th-century piano playing.�- Charles Tebbs could not have anticipated the fabulously outrageous revelatioins in this book and the profound impact they've now had on my relationship with Liszt's scores (or for that matter any score written before the recording era" - Conor FogelThe Liszt Society Newsletter(2021).

a significant addition to the canon of historically-informed performance research and performance in both this country and globally [�] a truly new recording you will want to listen to time and time again�Sydney Arts Guide (2020)