Extract from the introduction to this CD (written by Jan Michiels):

"And I can detect in Robert's music the pianistic virtuosity of a Liszt or Ravel piece, the refined sounds of Debussy, Stravinsky's rhytmical adventurousness, Lutoslawski's virtuosic molding of musical form, Goeyvaert's "rediscovered" tonality, and much more. But above all, I admire his masterful skill in distilling from all these influences language that leaves a unique, incommutable mpression on the listener and the performer.
Robert Groslot has never allowed himself to be labelled - I have always admired how he has managed to combine performing, directing and composing."

Quote from Robert Groslot (from the back cover of the booklet):
"Strangely enough, these works were written after I was no longer active as a concert pianist. It seems that this withdrawal was imperative for me to develop an original pianistic sound in my own compositions. And in Jan Michiels I found an excellent ambassador. He plays my music with so much expterise an