More By Artist: András Schiff (piano)
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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 |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Chamber Music [incls 'Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat, K452'] András Schiff, Andre Previn (piano), Heinz Holliger (oboe), Elmar Schmid (clarinet) / Musikverein Quartet [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "The wind players are excellent and blend well, while the overall ensemble displays a fine unity. The balance places the piano more backwardly than usual, but no detail of Schiff's playing is lost." (Gramophone on the Quintet) |
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 |
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 |
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... |
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 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Winterreise Peter Schreier (tenor), Andras Schiff (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 16/Nov/2009 ] "I need hardly say that, among tenor versions, this is now my preferred choice, benefiting from the warm yet clear acoustic of the recording." Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLELCTABLE: Mozart: Lieder & Masonic Cantata Peter Schreier (tenor), Andras Schiff (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 8/May/2005 ] "There is something wonderfully old-fashioned about the way Schreier delivers these songs, revealing an attitude to Mozart interpretation that seems far more romantic than anything we are used to today." The Guardian |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Well Tempered Clavier (Das Wohltemperierte) Book II Andras Schiff (piano) / Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg. Sandor Vegh [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/1987 ] "Consistently he translates this music into pianistic terms, and his voyage of discovery through this supreme keyboard collection is the more riveting as the piano is an easier instrument to listen to over long periods. First-rate sound." Penguin |
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) |
MENDELSSOHN
Ultimate Mendelssohn (Incls 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' & Symphonies Nos 3 & 4) Andras Schiff (piano) / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt / Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / etc [ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2008 ] A must for Mendelssohn fans, this set comprises two of his symphonies, two piano concerti, his Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music and one album dedicated to his Songs without Words played by András Schiff. |
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. |
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 |
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) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier II András Schiff (piano) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Distinguished Bach specialist András Schiff returned to the BBC Proms in 2018 to present Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier. This performance in the Royal Albert Hall was described as a musical meditation for our troubled times by the Independent. |
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 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas (with Jorg Widmann: Intermezzi for piano) András Schiff (piano) Jörg Widmann (clarinet) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] Two great artists, pianist András Schiff and composer/clarinettist Jörg Widmann, join forces for the first time on record, performing Brahms's late masterpieces, the clarinet sonatas op. 120, written in 1894. In between the sonatas Schiff plays... |
