The Musical Standard wrote, after a performance of the First Piano Concerto in 1871, that while Bache's playing was excellent, it did nothing to make Liszt's "bizarre" concerto interesting.
Musical Standard escribiu, logo dunha interpretación do Primeiro concerto para piano en 1871, que, aínda que a forma de tocar do pianista era excelente, non había nada que fixera interesante o «estrafalario» concerto de Liszt.