His style includes a singing tone and a beautiful sound conveyed by the harmonies, which melt away as if his fingers were sliding over the chords (…). Like the great Chopin players of yesteryear – Cortot, Friedman, Kempff, Novaes and Magaloff – Chaplin’s poetic playing overflows with charm, and manages to be at once sensitive, lyrical, and vigorous while avoiding over-refinement, agitation and brutality. (Alain Lompech, Diapason, September 2007, writing on the ChopinBallades album)