“Mr. Sauer, who has a nice, fluid, precise touch, opened the second movement with an appealing loose-limbed quality that tempered this Rondo’s tighter, classical air in an interesting way. … The pianist offered a fine lesson for students by daring to go out on a limb, letting his playing reach the expressive limits of a control that had earlier seemed on a tighter rein. It worked.”
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The New York Times
