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Three of Franz Schubert's sonatas are delivered with unvarnished passion by the British pianist in Victoria Concert Hall. 

A pair of A minor sonatas demonstrate the composer's evolution over his lifetime; the Wanderer Fantasy shows the pianist's mastery of phrasing.

Concerts which are dedicated to one composer are becoming all the more frequent, and it is fantastic to hear a pianist as renowned as Paul Lewis devoting an entire tour to the works of Franz Schubert. It is fair to say that Lewis gave the audience at St George’s his all.

Le pianiste irlandais s'attelait à un programme exigeant, avec notamment la Sonate « Appassionata » de Beethoven et la Sonate n° 7 de Prokofiev. Le récital a malheureusement pâti d'un jeu alternant souvent agressivité et abus de pédale.

Une sonate de Schubert tout en nuances d'argent, des Davidsbündlertänze de Schumann multicolores, une Rhapsodie hongroise de Liszt enflammée : en un récital, le génial pianiste a montré l'étendue de ses extraordinaires capacités.