Schubert: Four Hands

 
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Four Hands
Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

[ Erato / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 9 January 2026

"[They] consistently transcend matters of ensemble synchronicity and textural balances." Gramophone WINNER

Pianists Bertrand Chamayou and Leif Ove Andsnes join forces to record Schubert's magnificent Fantasia in F minor, presenting a landmark Schubert 4 Hands album. This release arrives 40 years after Radu Lupu and Murray Perahia's legendary CBS recording and 60 years after Benjamin Britten and Sviatoslav Richter's historic Aldeburgh Festival performance.

The duo delivers breathtaking interpretations that could establish this recording as the new reference for Schubert's Fantasia. The album pairs the Fantasia with other Schubert four-hand works composed in 1828, the year of the composer's death, offering a deeply intimate and historically informed program.

"Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou are thoughtful musicians, and it's immediately apparent from these affectionately searching accounts that they possess an emotional synergy. The great F minor Fantasia finds the Norwegian spinning seamless lyrical lines over the Frenchman's cushioned bass." The Guardian

"[They] consistently transcend matters of ensemble synchronicity and textural balances, going directly to the music's heart and soul...An instant classic." Gramophone Award WINNER 2026 - Piano

"Fleet precision reaches its peak in the scherzo [of the Fantasie]; elsewhere, decorative fingering comes perfectly aligned with sturdy chords, while tender phrasing always adorns the ruminative lyrical theme guaranteed to touch your heart...this is a divine album." The Times

Tracks:

Schubert: Fantasia for Piano Four-Hands in F Minor, Op. Posth. 103, D. 940
Work length18:06

Schubert: Allegro for Piano Four-Hands in A Minor, Op. Posth. 144, D. 947 "Lebensstürme"

Schubert: Fugue for Piano Four-Hands in E Minor, Op. Posth. 152, D. 952

Schubert: Rondo for Piano Four-Hands in A Major, Op. 107, D. 951