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Paul Lewis plays Brahms
21st Jan 2022
The British pianist's interpretations of the final four sets of solo piano works are a revelation, capturing all of the poetry and drama of the music and often emphasising its kinship with Debussy and Rachmaninov.
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Brahms: Late Piano Works
Paul Lewis (piano)
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French Piano Duets from Paul Lewis and Steven Osborne
12th Mar 2021
In a true meeting of musical minds, the two superb pianists team up once again for a delectable programme of miniatures by Fauré, Poulenc, Stravinsky, Debussy and Ravel.
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French duets
Steven Osborne (piano), Paul Lewis (piano)
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Paul Lewis plays Beethoven's Bagatelles
10th Jul 2020
The British pianist's survey of Beethoven's complete output in the genre (plus the Fantasia Op. 77 and three opus-less Klavierstücke) radiates wit, warmth and wisdom.
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Paul Lewis on Beethoven
10th Jul 2020
The British pianist talks to Katherine about his recording of the Bagatelles (out today on Harmonia Mundi), and about the composer's often 'uncompromisingly uncomfortable' writing for the piano.
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Paul Lewis plays early Schubert and Weber
15th Feb 2019
The British pianist radiates sympathy and imagination in two piano sonatas from the 1810s by young composers who both died before their fortieth birthdays.
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Weber & Schubert: Piano Sonatas
Paul Lewis (piano)
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Paul Lewis performs piano sonatas by Haydn
6th Apr 2018
James listens to the first instalment in a survey of Haydn's piano sonatas by Paul Lewis.
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Haydn: Piano Sonatas 47, 54, 59 and 60
Paul Lewis (piano)
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Paul Lewis performs Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 1
15th Apr 2016
James enjoys Paul Lewis's take on Brahms's concerto, with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding.
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A trip to the gallery with Paul Lewis.
15th Jan 2015
Katherine talks to the British pianist about his new recording of Mussorgsky and Schumann, out this week on Harmonia Mundi.
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Paul Lewis plays Schubert Piano Sonatas
12th May 2014
James enjoys Paul Lewis's latest recording of Schubert - the turbulent piano sonatas written towards the end of his life.
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Schubert: The Late Piano Sonatas
Paul Lewis (piano)
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Sublime Schubert from Paul Lewis
31st Oct 2011
Following his ten-year immersion in Beethoven and critically-acclaimed recordings of Schubert’s three great song-cycles with tenor Mark Padmore, the British pianist brings unrivalled poise and intimacy to the Piano Sonatas D840, 850 and 894 and the Impromptus D899.
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Schubert's Schwanengesang from Padmore and Lewis
12th Sep 2011
Padmore’s bright, light tenor is often hauntingly beautiful in Schubert’s ‘swan-song’, combining with Lewis’s imaginative and insightful playing in a performance of great musical integrity which is a worthy successor to their superb Winterreise and Schöne Müllerin.
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Beethoven's Diabelli Variations from Paul Lewis
30th May 2011
Following his masterly traversals of the complete piano concertos and sonatas, the British pianist imbues the Diabelli Variations with humour, exuberance and poetic beauty in a recording which stands comparison with his mentor Alfred Brendel.
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Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
Paul Lewis (piano)
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Winterreise from Padmore and Lewis
19th Oct 2009
The British pianist and tenor launch a series of Schubert song-cycles with a spellbinding account of the late, great ‘Winter Journey’ which strikes Chris as ‘music-making of the absolute highest order’.
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Schubert: Winterreise D911
Mark Padmore (tenor) & Paul Lewis (piano)
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Paul Lewis's Beethoven
7th Apr 2008
Ahead of the release of the final instalment of his acclaimed cycle on Harmonia Mundi, Chris offers an overview of the Liverpool-born pianist’s ‘utterly compelling’ traversal of the complete sonatas.
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Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Volume 4
Paul Lewis (piano)
