"Pianist Conti is a rising star who proves she is destined for greatness."
"Mirian Conti makes her recording debut with this album and she's a real find. More than once I thought of de Larrocha, not only in the supreme digital control, but in the stinging accentuation, the clarity of contrapuntal lines, and the variety of weight and color."
"Mirian Conti is a pianist of refined musicality. A genuine musical sensitivity individually applied to each composer."
"...she has a great technique and control of the piano. The interesting thing is that she never bangs; even in moments of great bravura her sound is always musical"
Ms. Conti's pianism offers more than tonal luster; her's was an impressionism imbued with sinew and, in livelier movements, with the spirit of the dance. Her playing was impulsive, colorful, and precise."
"...the music which Conti plays robustly, explosively, and with excellent craftsmanship delighted me."
On her recording of Turina's Sanlúcar de Barrameda: "Mirian Conti, a fluent and sympathetic Argentinian pianist, is more than equal to its fierce demands, and elsewhere she creates a striking effect in Cuentos de España."
"In Sanlúcar de Barrameda,... frankly, I would have a hard time choosing between the performances...of Conti and de Larrocha. Conti's playing...is full of sparkle, color, intelligence, and rhythmic life."
"In her interpretations there was the necessary mix of brio and tenderness, of fire and introspective melancholy, of strength and delicacy, a simplicity that only those genuinely endowed are able to master."
"I heard Conti give a fabulous performance of the Danzas Fantásticas, by Turina, and ...her playing of the Orgía earned an X rating."
"She's fiery and forceful, and sharp rhythmic punctuations melt into finely traced arpeggios as the need arises."
"Mirian Conti's playing is assured and nuanced... This performance (Bloch's Poems of the Sea) is better in both interpretation and sound than any other piano version..."
"Conti seems to have a real feel for this music (Persichetti's Poems) , capturing the essence of each miniature without being encumbered by technical limitations of any kind, and exhibiting the crisp touch, textural clarity, and rhythmic precision Persichetti's music required."
On Turina: "This is one of the best discs of Spanish piano music in the catalogs. Turina's piano music belongs to the great tradition of Albeniz and Granados. His pieces, based on Spanish folk styles, are gathered into collections that have variety and shape. The music is wonderful, and so are the performances by Argentine pianist Mirian Conti, whose occasional recordings reveal her as a major talent. She plays all of this music with thrilling virtuosity and color. Not even Alicia de Larrocha's deleted Turina recordings were superior to these. This disc comes very highly recommended, look for sequels, too."
On " Danzas Fantásticas " on Koch: "Conti's bright, percussive touch and playful but never overdone rubato are still the defining features of her pianism. It's good to have her back in repertoire she understands so thoroughly." Phillip Scott
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