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This transcription involves a constant interchange, bar by bar, between the full string ensemble of 25 and a string quartet with Kremer joined by the leaders of the relevant sections. The arrangement... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2005More…

The Bach is beautifully realised, Schiff relishing a serene duetting rapport with Shiokawa in the second Adagio…In the Busoni, Shiokawa’s innate cantabile comes into its own in the shadowy variations…and... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

a distinguished instalment in an outstanding cycle. — The ObserverMore…

Zehetmair employs an astonishing dynamic range, articulated by a glittering array of lifted and legato bow strokes that tickles both the ear and the imagination. …a white knuckle ride from... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2009, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

The crowning glory in this fifth volume of András Schiff's resonantly recorded, chronological survey of the Beethoven sonatas is his urgently propelled Waldstein Sonata. Schiff clearly views... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

The Russian-born pianist, who is also a novelist, adorns this recording with eclectic literary musings that at first seem an indulgent collision of references and philosophical assertion...Yet... — Sunday Times, 21st October 2012More…

Even in the hairiest passages of the Hammerklavier Sonata Op 106, Schiff's poise never deserts him, while the textural clarity, especially of the inner lines, is always a delight. — The Guardian, 31st October 2008, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Three of these middle-period works are short, but what riches they deliver, and all abundantly and robustly realised by Schiff. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008, 5 out of 5 starsMore…