Lubimov, an unstarry Russian, is an exceptionally probing musician. He favours a pianoforte for the music of Beethoven and Schubert – on this disc he uses restored instruments dating from 1810 and ...

The term "impromptu" suggests that a piece has a casual, offhand quality—perhaps that it's even being improvised on the spot. Sometimes, though, it's just a handy term for a short, stand-alone piece ...

There’s surprisingly little solo Schubert in Lars Vogt’s discography, so this Ondine disc is welcome. What it reveals, however, is a pianist whose considerable interpretative attributes now don’t seem ...

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 ...

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 this recording of the eight Impromptus, some of Schubert’s most profound music, Lu cements his place as a serious talent Eric Lu was a worthy if controversial winner of the Chopin international ...

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 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 ...

Aimi Kobayashi is not a pianist who leaves details to chance. Although she’s hardly a micromanager or fussbudget, her propensity for planning ahead walks a thin line between sensitivity and blandness ...

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, ...

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 ...