More By Artist: András Schiff (piano)
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier II BLU-RAY András Schiff (piano) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Distinguished Bach specialist Sir András Schiff returned to the BBC Proms in 2018 to present Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier. Extending the variety already evident in Book I (available on 2.110653), Bachs effortless brilliance and new-found... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier I BLU-RAY András Schiff (piano) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Johann Sebastian Bach was undoubtedly the greatest musical thinker of his age. Dubbed 'the Old Testament of music' by the conductor and pianist Hans von Bülow, The Well-Tempered Clavier is acknowledged to be one of the most significant works ever... |
J. S. BACH
András Schiff plays Bach BLU-RAY András Schiff (piano) [ EuroArts / Unitel Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2014 ] András Schiff, born in 1953 in Budapest, is nowadays one of the most appreciated and distinguished pianists in the world. Magically, he brings life into pieces, makes them breathing and swinging and keeps up almost forgotten ideals of piano... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume 6: Sonatas Nos 22-26 (Incl Appassionata) Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM / CD - released 26/May/2008 ] "Three of these middle-period works are short, but what riches they deliver, and all abundantly and robustly realised by Schiff." BBC Music Five Stars |
BACH / HAYDN / SCHUMANN / BARTOK
The Denon Recordings Andras Schiff (piano) [ Heritage / 3 CD - released 28/Aug/2015 ] At this relatively early stage in his career, from the late 1970s onwards, Schiff already had a mature and distinctive voice, and his musical personality shines through in each of these recordings. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Geistervariationen Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Andras Schiff (piano) [ Decca Originals / CD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] "The playing is indeed exceptional ... the sound is splendid, with an ideal balance of warmth and clarity ... the performance offers more with, fantasy and sheer fun than any I've heard ..." Gramophone |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Impromptus D899 / Moments Musicaux / etc Andras Schiff (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 26/Feb/2005 ] "Schubert's music, along with that of Bach and Mozart, is one of the cornerstones upon which Schiff built his reputation as a thoughtful and intelligent performer." AllMusic |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Partitas BWV825-BWV830 Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 MUSICWEB UK RECORDING OF THE MONTH "Schiff's…unashamedly and masterfully pianistic, contrasting sustained tone and light staccato teasing out fragmentary motifs." BBC Music |
W.A. MOZART
Piano Sonatas K331 Rondo alla turca K332 K333 Andras Schiff (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 28/Sep/2007 ] "His fingerwork is precise yet mellow, and his sense of colour consistently excites admiration." (The Penguin Guide on the complete set) |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas Volume 4: Sonatas opp. 26, 27 and 28 (Incls 'Moonlight') Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "So, for those collecting Schiff's cycle, or for those wanting just these four sonatas, there is no need to hesitate. This one is a winner" (Fanfare September 2007) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas Volume 5: Sonatas opp. 31 and 53 (Incs The Tempest & Waldstein) Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM / 2 CD - released 9/Nov/2007 ] "The remarkable timbral distinctions (Schiff) obtains from his Steinway, fastidious execution of turns and other ornaments, plus painstakingly differentiated accents, articulation marks and dynamics. Sometimes his compulsive detailing casts a fresh... |
J.S. BACH
Solo Keyboard Works (Incls Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971, 15 Two-part Inventions, BWV 772a-786) Andras Schiff (piano) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 5/May/2005 ] András Schiff is today regarded as one of the finest interpreters of Bach on the piano, a performing tradition that was earlier established by Glenn Gould with his legendary interpretations of the Goldberg Variations in the late 1950s and his... |
FRANJZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Trout Quintet Andras Schiff (piano) / Members of the Hagen Quartet, with Alois Posch, double bass [ Decca / CD - released 25/May/1984 ] Recorded: Vienna 1983 |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2 Andras Schiff (piano) / Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Charles Dutoit [ Decca / CD - released 25/May/1985 ] "András Schiff plays the concertos marvellously, with poetry, great delicacy and fluency, while his virtuosity is effortless. He is given excellent accompaniments by Dutoit and the Bavarian players, and the Decca recording is first class" Penguin CD |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Quartets / Piano Quintet Andras Schiff (piano) / Takacs Quartet [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2005 ] The Takács Quartet began their exclusive association with Decca in 1988 and one of their first recordings was the disc containing Brahms's 2 Quartets, op.51. |
W.A. MOZART
Clarinet Trio K.498 / Piano Trios K 502 & 542 Andras Schiff (piano) / Yuuko Shiokawa / Miklos Perenyi / Elmar Schmid, clarinet [ Teldec / CD - released 22/Mar/1996 ] German import (catalog 4509992052) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Vol 1 Andras Schiff (piano) Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) Boris Pergamenschikow (cello) [ ABC Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2005 ] 'Schiff and his colleagues relish the wit, brilliance and sheer speed of Haydn's thoughts in the outer movements, with their comic off-beat accents, sudden changes of register and breathtaking harmonic scope., (Gramophone) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Vol 2 Andras Schiff (piano) Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) Boris Pergamenschikow (cello) [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2005 ] 'Schiff and his colleagues relish the wit, brilliance and sheer speed of Haydn's thoughts in the outer movements, with their comic off-beat accents, sudden changes of register and breathtaking harmonic scope., (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / BACH / MOZART / HAYDN
Encores After Beethoven András Schiff (piano) [ ECM / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] "If you think of encores as lightweight, think again. These composers wrote many characteristic pieces that are less ambitious than full-dress sonatas but are not to be dismissed as miniatures." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice, February 2017 |
