LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume 6: Sonatas Nos 22-26 (Incl Appassionata) Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM / CD - released 26/May/2008 ] "Three of these middle-period works are short, but what riches they deliver, and all abundantly and robustly realised by Schiff." BBC Music Five Stars |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas Volume 4: Sonatas opp. 26, 27 and 28 (Incls 'Moonlight') Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "So, for those collecting Schiff's cycle, or for those wanting just these four sonatas, there is no need to hesitate. This one is a winner" (Fanfare September 2007) |
BEETHOVEN
The Piano Sonatas Volume 1 (Sonatas opp. 2 and 7) Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "Early Beethoven is maybe the toughest Beethoven to pull off: His ideas aren't always as compelling as those in his later music, and he has trouble saying what he means. You'd never think so, however, from András Schiff's superb first instalment of... |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas Volume 3: Two Sonatas op. 49; Two Sonatas op. 14; Sonata No. 11 B flat major op. 22 Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Dec/2006 ] International critics writing on the first two volumes of András Schiff's Beethoven cycle have praised a particularly "sharp attention to detail" (Jed Distler in Gramophone on volume II) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Sonatas & Impromptus András Schiff (piano) [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 12/Apr/2019 ] "Schiff is a true master of the instrument and knows how to connect its resources to his individual, yet never mannered, Schubertian vision" Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2019 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concertos András Schiff (piano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] "What he and the OAE offer is not so much to do with authenticity as with freshness and 'detoxification." Recording of the Month Gramophone July 2021 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms / Schumann Yuuko Shiokawa (violin), Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 11/Oct/2024 ] After tackling the sonatas for violin and piano of Bach, Busoni and Beethoven in 2017 - a "thoughtfully determined and subtly interconnected programme" according to Strad magazine -, the duo of Yuuko Shiokawa and András Schiff returns with striking... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Partitas BWV825-BWV830 Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 MUSICWEB UK RECORDING OF THE MONTH "Schiff's…unashamedly and masterfully pianistic, contrasting sustained tone and light staccato teasing out fragmentary motifs." BBC Music |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas: Complete Edition András Schiff (piano) [ ECM / 11 CD Box Set - released 25/Nov/2016 ] Andras Schiff: "The Beethoven sonatas can be logically divided into three distinct groups: early, middle and late. To me, playing them in chronological order is most convincing and deeply satisfying. Among the thirty-two there is not one weak link.... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas Volume 5: Sonatas opp. 31 and 53 (Incs The Tempest & Waldstein) Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM / 2 CD - released 9/Nov/2007 ] "The remarkable timbral distinctions (Schiff) obtains from his Steinway, fastidious execution of turns and other ornaments, plus painstakingly differentiated accents, articulation marks and dynamics. Sometimes his compulsive detailing casts a fresh... |
HAYDN / SCHUMANN / HANDEL / BRAHMS / REGER / SMETANA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Andras Schiff - Solo Piano Music Andras Schiff (piano) [ Warners Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 25/Jun/2007 ] "Schiff is unquestionably among the most gifted and mercurial musicians of our time; a 'masterpianist' indeed. His programme, too, is exemplary with Handel's theme heard again in Brahms's Handel Variations." Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Books 1 & 2 Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM New Series / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Instrumental |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2 Andras Schiff (piano) / Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Charles Dutoit [ Decca / CD - released 25/May/1985 ] "András Schiff plays the concertos marvellously, with poetry, great delicacy and fluency, while his virtuosity is effortless. He is given excellent accompaniments by Dutoit and the Bavarian players, and the Decca recording is first class" Penguin CD |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier II BLU-RAY András Schiff (piano) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Distinguished Bach specialist Sir András Schiff returned to the BBC Proms in 2018 to present Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier. Extending the variety already evident in Book I (available on 2.110653), Bachs effortless brilliance and new-found... |
J. S. BACH
András Schiff plays Bach BLU-RAY András Schiff (piano) [ EuroArts / Unitel Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2014 ] András Schiff, born in 1953 in Budapest, is nowadays one of the most appreciated and distinguished pianists in the world. Magically, he brings life into pieces, makes them breathing and swinging and keeps up almost forgotten ideals of piano... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier I BLU-RAY András Schiff (piano) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Johann Sebastian Bach was undoubtedly the greatest musical thinker of his age. Dubbed 'the Old Testament of music' by the conductor and pianist Hans von Bülow, The Well-Tempered Clavier is acknowledged to be one of the most significant works ever... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas Volume 2: Sonatas opp. 10 (nos 1, 2 & 3) and 13 'Pathetique' Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "Great Beethoven playing gives off shock waves, and the three Op 10 sonatas are rich in shock potential...András Schiff's new recording - part of his ongoing sonata cycle - suggests mischievous delight in their quirks and idiosyncrasies" Rob Cowan,... |
BEETHOVEN
The Piano Sonatas Volume 7: Sonatas opp. 90, 101 & 106 Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 10/Nov/2008 ] The simultaneous yet separate release of the last two volumes of Schiff's complete Beethoven sonatas in autumn 2008 finally offers the opportunity to oversee the pianist's approach to this unique repertoire segment in total. Part VII, recorded once... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Music for Piano and Violoncello Miklos Perenyi (violoncello) Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - "Exploring Beethoven's cello-and-piano output gives us an outstanding set" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Dec 2004 |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLELCTABLE: Mozart: Lieder & Masonic Cantata Peter Schreier (tenor), Andras Schiff (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 8/May/2005 ] "There is something wonderfully old-fashioned about the way Schreier delivers these songs, revealing an attitude to Mozart interpretation that seems far more romantic than anything we are used to today." The Guardian |
W.A. MOZART
Piano Sonatas K331 Rondo alla turca K332 K333 Andras Schiff (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 28/Sep/2007 ] "His fingerwork is precise yet mellow, and his sense of colour consistently excites admiration." (The Penguin Guide on the complete set) |
J.S. BACH
Solo Keyboard Works (Incls Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971, 15 Two-part Inventions, BWV 772a-786) Andras Schiff (piano) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 5/May/2005 ] András Schiff is today regarded as one of the finest interpreters of Bach on the piano, a performing tradition that was earlier established by Glenn Gould with his legendary interpretations of the Goldberg Variations in the late 1950s and his... |
W.A. MOZART
Clarinet Trio K.498 / Piano Trios K 502 & 542 Andras Schiff (piano) / Yuuko Shiokawa / Miklos Perenyi / Elmar Schmid, clarinet [ Teldec / CD - released 22/Mar/1996 ] German import (catalog 4509992052) |
J. S. BACH / BARTOK / BRAHMS / JANACEK / MOZART / SCHUBERT
András Schiff - Collector's Edition András Schiff (piano) [ EuroArts / Blu-ray Disc - released 24/May/2024 ] Experience the musical brilliance of Sir András Schiff with this exclusive Blu-ray Disc collection, a tribute to the life's work of one of the world's most celebrated pianists and conductors. |
J. S. BACH
Complete Keyboard Concertos András Schiff (piano), Peter Serkin (piano) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Camerata Bern, András Schiff (directing from the piano) [ Decca Collectors Edition / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Aug/2012 ] "Schiff's control of colour and articulation never seeks to present merely a harpsichord imitation, and in the concertos his shaping of Bach's lovely slow movements brings finely sustained lines and a subtle variety of touch." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Heroic Beethoven (LP) András Schiff, Stephen Kovacevich, Rudolf Buchbinder (piano) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Artemis Quartet / etc [ Warner Classics / 2 LP - released 22/May/2020 ] Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the towering heroes of music. As a composer, he became a transformational, sometimes revolutionary force. As a man of spirit and inspiration, he triumphed over deafness to produce a wealth of masterpieces. Over the... |
BACH / HAYDN / SCHUMANN / BARTOK
The Denon Recordings Andras Schiff (piano) [ Heritage / 3 CD - released 28/Aug/2015 ] At this relatively early stage in his career, from the late 1970s onwards, Schiff already had a mature and distinctive voice, and his musical personality shines through in each of these recordings. |
J.S. BACH
English Suites BWV806-811 (recorded live in 2003) Andras Schiff (piano) [ Hungaroton Classic / DVD - released 18/Jun/2006 ] G :- "Wonderful keyboard Bach played on modern piano by Andras Schiff will provide great pleasure. Strongly recommended." (Amazon.com) |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Geistervariationen Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Andras Schiff (piano) [ Decca Originals / CD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] "The playing is indeed exceptional ... the sound is splendid, with an ideal balance of warmth and clarity ... the performance offers more with, fantasy and sheer fun than any I've heard ..." Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Well Tempered Clavier (Das Wohltemperierte) Book II Andras Schiff (piano) / Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg. Sandor Vegh [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/1987 ] "Consistently he translates this music into pianistic terms, and his voyage of discovery through this supreme keyboard collection is the more riveting as the piano is an easier instrument to listen to over long periods. First-rate sound." Penguin |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Vol 1 Andras Schiff (piano) Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) Boris Pergamenschikow (cello) [ ABC Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2005 ] 'Schiff and his colleagues relish the wit, brilliance and sheer speed of Haydn's thoughts in the outer movements, with their comic off-beat accents, sudden changes of register and breathtaking harmonic scope., (Gramophone) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Vol 2 Andras Schiff (piano) Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) Boris Pergamenschikow (cello) [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2005 ] 'Schiff and his colleagues relish the wit, brilliance and sheer speed of Haydn's thoughts in the outer movements, with their comic off-beat accents, sudden changes of register and breathtaking harmonic scope., (Gramophone) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier II András Schiff (piano) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Distinguished Bach specialist András Schiff returned to the BBC Proms in 2018 to present Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier. This performance in the Royal Albert Hall was described as a musical meditation for our troubled times by the Independent. |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / BACH / MOZART / HAYDN
Encores After Beethoven András Schiff (piano) [ ECM / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] "If you think of encores as lightweight, think again. These composers wrote many characteristic pieces that are less ambitious than full-dress sonatas but are not to be dismissed as miniatures." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice, February 2017 |
W.A. MOZART / REGER / BUSONI
Music for Two Pianos Andras Schiff and Peter Serkin (piano) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] ECM débuts for two of the greatest pianists of our time |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Chamber Music [incls 'Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat, K452'] András Schiff, Andre Previn (piano), Heinz Holliger (oboe), Elmar Schmid (clarinet) / Musikverein Quartet [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "The wind players are excellent and blend well, while the overall ensemble displays a fine unity. The balance places the piano more backwardly than usual, but no detail of Schiff's playing is lost." (Gramophone on the Quintet) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas (with Jorg Widmann: Intermezzi for piano) András Schiff (piano) Jörg Widmann (clarinet) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] Two great artists, pianist András Schiff and composer/clarinettist Jörg Widmann, join forces for the first time on record, performing Brahms's late masterpieces, the clarinet sonatas op. 120, written in 1894. In between the sonatas Schiff plays... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
András Schiff plays Schubert I András Schiff (piano) [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 29/Sep/2017 ] This recording, including Schubert's Piano Trios in B flat major and E flat major as well as his 'Arpeggione' Sonata, features three artists renowned for their interpretations of Schubert: pianist András Schiff, violinist Yuuko Shiokawa and cellist... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier I András Schiff (piano) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] "a winning combination of the BBC's high production values and Schiff on peak form at full capacity in music that he profoundly cares about." Gramophone |