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Schiff concludes his Last Sonatas triptych with magisterial playing in Chicago

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“Schiff delivered nothing but playing of the highest order”
Reviewed at Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago on 14 February 2016
Haydn, Piano Sonata in E flat major, Hob XVI:52
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 32 in C minor, Op.111
Mozart, Piano Sonata no. 18 in D major, K576
Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 21 in B flat major, D.960
Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 20 in A major, D.959 (Andantino)
Bach, Goldberg Variations, BWV988: Aria
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A medley of Mendelssohn from Sir András Schiff and the OAE
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