Andras Schiff: In Concert

Andras Schiff: In Concert
- Andras Schiff: In Concert
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- Product Type: ABIS MUSIC
- Brand: ECM
Robert Schumann's dense yet soaring keyboard textures, obsessive rhythmic repetitions, and restless polyphonic mind inspire AndrÃ¡s Schiff's poetic virtuosity to rarefied heights of music making in the Humoreske, the eight Novelletten, and the Sonata No. 3 (better known as the Concerto Without Orchestra). In the Sonata's outer movements, Schiff unleashes power with canny expressive economy, while the variations in the Andantino lusciously unfold. The Humoreske is riper and more complexly detailed here than in Schiff's relatively straightlaced 1976 Denon recording. Throughout the Novelletten, Schiff adapts a less massive, more clipped style compared with, say, Sviatoslav Richter's more objective readings of Nos. 1, 2, and 8. Yet Schiff's wide arsenal of articulations and hand balances helps keep Schumann's bottomless lyrical fount afloat over the bar lines. Schiff's stamina and concentration are all the more amazing when you consider that these three big pieces stem from a single concert held at the Tonhalle ZÃ¼rich on May 30, 1999. The fourth piece, from Schumann's Op. 23 NachstÃ¼cke, makes for a touching encore. In sum, a very special release, and gorgeously recorded, too. --Jed Distler
Country USA
Brand Verve Label Group
Manufacturer ECM
Binding Audio CD
ReleaseDate 2002-03-05
UnitCount 2
UPCs 028947211921
EANs 0028947211921

Country	USA
Brand	Verve Label Group
Manufacturer	ECM
Binding	Audio CD
ReleaseDate	2002-03-05
UnitCount	2
UPCs	028947211921
EANs	0028947211921

Andras Schiff: In Concert

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