A 19th-century Viennese fortepiano shows off its special tonal qualities in this magnificent detailed and expressive double disc set In 2010, András Schiff acquired a fortepiano made in Vienna in ...

Following his acclaimed solo debut album of the Late Sonatas of Beethoven, pianist Gerardo Teissonnière brings his “crystalline sound, formidable technique, and exquisite musical taste” (Cleveland ...

The debut CD from a former Young Musician of the Year Piano category winner. Classic FM Drive Featured Album, 15 July 2013. In 2006, at the age of 17, Cordelia Williams was the Piano Winner of Young ...

In 1942, the Austrian pianist recorded a set of Schubert Impromptus that were never released. Those recordings, plus others from the session, are now available in a new CD set. This is FRESH AIR. You ...

Paul Lewis began his solo recording career with late Schubert and after a prolonged dalliance with Beethoven, he's back where he started, offering demonstrative performances of three quite problematic ...

The booklet essay is entitled “Confessions of a Convert”. András Schiff tells how, after initial scepticism, he was won over to playing Schubert on a period fortepiano. He now owns an 1820 instrument ...

Look out for Schubert's Impromptu No. 3, which contains a nod to one of the world's most famous pop songs... Just after he wrote Fly Me to the Moon, Schubert wrote his Impromptu No. 3. Absolute ...

Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, Movements: No. 9, Ballet No. 2 in G Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, Movements: Overture Alexandre Tharaud ...

The music of Viennese composer Franz Schubert contains a wonderful paradox. It has a piercing sadness, which in some strange way is filled with joy. The joy, I think, comes from the sense that here, ...