Piano Sonata D959 and D960

"Paul Lewis' reading of the A major Sonata can stand up to any current competition. He doesn't have the driven ferocity of Stephen Kovacevich on EMI, and I'll admit that there are one or two passages where he does pull Schubert's punches slightly (except for the surprisingly theatrical added bass octave at the very end). As an overall conception, however, it's exceptionally impressive.
Lovely recordings, too, with the piano placed at what feels like the ideal distance."
- BBC Music Magazine. Pick of the Month (June 2003)

Paul Lewis is a recent winner of the Classical Music category of the South Bank Show Awards.

Paul Lewis is the 2003 winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist Award

'there is no doubt that this is Schubert playing of uncommon conviction and poetic insight.'
Richard Wigmore,
The Daily Telegraph,
12 April 2003

'The finest British pianist in decades....The quixotic A major makes perfect sense in his sensitive, intelligent reading'
Anthony Holden,
The Observer, 20 April 2003