Andras Schiff Clavicorde

Sir Andr s Schiff's remarkable new recording finds the great pianist reassessing interpretive approaches to Brahms in the inspired company of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Their collaboration in a series of concerts was widely acclaimed and led to them recapturing the experience at Abbey Road where it was recorded in December 2019. Schiff plays on a Blthner piano built around 1859, the year the D minor concerto premiered.

The peerless András Schiff in his first recital recording of Janacek's piano music. The 'story-telling ' piano pieces chosen by Schiff can be closely related to Bartók's 'Mikrokosmos' and have a similarly timeless appeal. As writer Rob Cowan notes, 'No matter how many times you listen to these gems, the sum effect of emotional engagement, wonderment and love of life is as lasting as one's admiration for the music's miniaturist construction. They are truly 'the world in a grain of sand'.

What is one to say except that this is another triumph for this superb partnership? For years Schreier has been known as a sovereign interpreter of Mozart's tenor roles in opera. Here he devotes all his vast experience, skill and inspiration in that field to the more intimate canvas of that composer's small but significant output of Lieder, and for each finds the ideal interpretation, in terms of tone, line and phrasing, inestimably helped by Schiff's piano, a partnership seemingly made in heaven.

Andras Schiff - Complete Decca Recordings [78CD Box Set] (2024)
MP3 320 Kbps | Run Time: 81:40:04 | 11.2 Gb | Scans 273 Mb
Genre: Classical | Label: Hänssler Classic

As Sir András Schiff turns 70 (in December 2023), this 78-disc edition celebrates an artist who has made a significant contribution to shaping Decca's history through an array of artistic endeavours. Neatly divided into four sections - solo, concertante, lieder and chamber music, the set includes several currently unavailable recordings; the first international release of Beethoven's complete Violin Sonatas, with Sándor Végh; four CDs' worth of material recorded on Mozart's fortepiano; and the booklet includes an interview with Misha Donat in which Schiff tells the story of his journey with Decca.