J.S. BACH
Goldberg Variations Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 5/Oct/2003 ] ""Great" is not a word to be used casually when it comes to CDs, but no other term does justice. Lucidity, elegance and strength are all here and exquisitely balanced. The definitive Goldberg? As far as I'm concerned, yes." Ann Picard, Independent... |
SCHUMANN
In concert: Robert Schumann (recorded in 1999) Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 21/Aug/2007 ] "Few pianists could have made this programme work. They may not be Schumann's finest, but they have their own glories and Schiff, recorded live in the Tonhalle, Zurich, in May 1999, treats them with affection. An absolute winner." ***** Five Stars... |
BEETHOVEN
The Piano Sonatas Volume 8: Sonatas opp. 109, 110 & 111 [30, 31, 32] Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 10/Nov/2008 ] "The quality of the playing and the recording are such that collectors of the complete edition are unlikely to be disappointed..the presentation is gorgeous, with a few nice facsimiles of Beethoven's original sketches and the usual informative and... |
JANACEK
A Recollection: Piano Music Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 3/Jun/2001 ] "(Schiff) combines extreme sophistication with a directness of utterance which is very close to the folk tradition. Schiff shows a keen understanding of the music's polyphonic aspect." (BBC Music) |
MENDELSSOHN
Ultimate Mendelssohn (Incls 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' & Symphonies Nos 3 & 4) Andras Schiff (piano) / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt / Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / etc [ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2008 ] A must for Mendelssohn fans, this set comprises two of his symphonies, two piano concerti, his Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music and one album dedicated to his Songs without Words played by András Schiff. |
W. A. MOZART
Complete Piano Concertos (Rec 1993 & 2001) Derek Han, piano, Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Freeman, with Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord, and Zoltan Kocsis, Dezsa Ranki and Andras Schiff (pianos) [ Brilliant Classics SACD / 11 SACD - released 18/Aug/2005 ] On 11 discs we present every single known work by Mozart for piano and orchestra. In addition to the more and less regularly performed 25 concertos with a single soloist we include some Rondos and both concertos for 2 and 3 pianos and orchestra. |
DEBUSSY / MOZART
Songs Juliane Banse (soprano) Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 26/May/2003 ] First recorded collaboration between one of the leading sopranos of our time, Juliane Banse, and the incomparable pianist András Schiff. |
BACH / BUSONI / BEETHOVEN
Bach Busoni Beethoven Yuuko Shiokawa (violin), Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] Yuuko Shiokawa and András Schiff are heard here in an insightful - and delightful - programme of sonatas for violin and piano which begins with Bach's Sonata No.3 in E major, ends with Beethoven's Sonata No.10 in G major, and has at its centre... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Fantasie in C major for violin and piano, D934 / Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer' Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] "Schiff is on superb form both as soloist and accompanist in this well-balanced programme." (Gramophone Editor's Choice December 2014) |