ANDRAS SCHIFF PLAYS BACH: This selection of some of Bach’s most perennially popular keyboard music admirably demonstrates the many varied facets of the composer’s fertile imagination. Deep pathos is contrasted with witty humour, serenity is paired with fleetness of foot, and all these emotions prove that this brilliantly expressive musician is as ‘unique and unequalled’ today as he was when his first biographer, J.N. Forkel, wrote so eloquently about him more than two centuries ago. These performances exemplify perfectly the thoughtful and persuasive approach that András Schiff adopts when playing Bach. Recorded in 1989, directed by Bruno Monsaingeon.
ANDRAS SCHIFF PLAYS SCHUBERT, VOL. 1: A new release from the series of Metropolitan Munich programs. Classified as EuroArts “Recorded Excellence”, with high historical value and special pricing. András Schiff, Yuuko Shiokawa and Miklós Perényi play the Schubert Piano Trios with energy and sensitivity, bringing out all the contrasts and subtle shades of this joyful pieces. The Trios were among the only of Schubert’s late compositions he heard performed before his death. The final piece on this DVD production features the less well-known ‘Arpeggione’ Sonata, given here in its arrangement for the cello. This work possesses Schubert’s characteristic mixture of cheerful vigour and wistful melancholy, and is performed by Schiff and Perényi with imagination and elegance.
ANDRAS SCHIFF PLAYS SCHUBERT, VOL. 2: For generations, the bitter-sweet Schubert piano works presented here have delighted music lovers with their irresistible mix of regretful tenderness and euphoric innocence. András Schiff’s exquisitely nuanced performances of the much-loved Impromptus and Moments musicaux demonstrate to perfection why he is universally regarded as one of today’s finest interpreters of Schubert.