Andras Schiff - Piano Sonatas

The fourth instalment of Schiff�s complete Beethoven includes the sonatas opp. 26, 27 and 28 � highly accomplished works of strong individual features that were written in 1800 and 1801. Even in the famous �Moonlight�-sonata the Hungarian�s attention to detail leads to unexpected listening experiences. �Nobody in the hall will have heard this first movement like that before� wrote Peter Hagmann in the Neue Z�rcher Zeitung reviewing the recital in Tonhalle Zurich where the sonatas are recorded live for ECM. �Not the kind of over-demonstrative approach which has become common these days lies at the heart of this interpretation but the consequent and courageous scrutiny of the musical text.� The booklet offers an extensive conversation between Andr�s Schiff and Martin Meyer on the repertoire and its interpretation.