Radu Lupu

Wonderful performances: delicacy in the Mozart as well as a feel for the Sonata's near-orchestral scale. A magisterial reading of Schubert's Fantasie. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Here we have masterpieces from the French tradition in excellent performances that have won the status of recording classics. Kyung-Wha Chung and Radu Lupu are a fine duo who capture and convey... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

Mozart concertos from the keyboard are unbeatable. There's a rightness, an effortlessness, about doing them this way that makes for heightened enjoyment. So many of them seem to gain in vividness... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

Schubert was especially close to his heart and his recording of the last sonata on this Decca release beautifully captures the intimacy of his style and the luminous quality of his sound. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022More…

'A lyricist in a thousand', Lupu has, naturally, placed Schubert at the centre of his repertoire and conjured from a seemingly recalcitrant black-and-white instrument a range of vocal colours... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

For his last collection Lupu turns to Schumann...and proves to be one of the interpreters whose understanding of this composer can be measured alongside that of Murray Perahia. This is playing... — Penguin Guide, 2011 editionMore…