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The final sonatas: Sir András Schiff at Wigmore Hall

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“every note, every nuance, every tempo, every dynamic gradation meticulously thought through”
Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 6 April 2016
Mozart, Piano Sonata no. 17 in B flat major, K570
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 31 in A flat major, Op.110
Haydn, Piano Sonata in D major, Hob XVI:51
Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 20 in A major, D.959
Sir András Schiff, Piano
Sir András Schiff and Cappella Andrea Barca get to the heart of Bach
*****
Recitalist as revenant in Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin
*****
Hymns of praise: a stirring climax to Schiff's Mendelssohn cycle
****1
Schiff's Mendelssohn series with the OAE continues
****1
A medley of Mendelssohn from Sir András Schiff and the OAE
***11
Sir András Schiff returns to Toronto’s Koerner Hall
*****
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