Lubimov, an unstarry Russian, is an exceptionally probing musician. He favours a pianoforte for the music of Beethoven and Schubert – on this disc he uses restored instruments dating from 1810 and ...

Tim Parry talks to Aimi Kobayashi about late Schubert and the pressure of expectations Perhaps in response to the work of Edward Said, it has become fashionable to think of an artist’s final works as ...

In this recording of the eight Impromptus, some of Schubert’s most profound music, Lu cements his place as a serious talent Eric Lu was a worthy if controversial winner of the Chopin international ...

The booklet essay is entitled “Confessions of a Convert”. András Schiff tells how, after initial scepticism, he was won over to playing Schubert on a period fortepiano. He now owns an 1820 instrument ...

Don't be lulled by Cordelia Williams's sweetly cool reading of the first two of Schubert's Impromptus D899 in this recording; there's romantic fire lurking under the surface. No 3 is almost Brahmsian ...

The term "impromptu" suggests that a piece has a casual, offhand quality—perhaps that it's even being improvised on the spot. Sometimes, though, it's just a handy term for a short, stand-alone piece ...

Following his acclaimed solo debut album of the Late Sonatas of Beethoven, pianist Gerardo Teissonnière brings his “crystalline sound, formidable technique, and exquisite musical taste” (Cleveland ...

Cal Performances devoted last weekend in Berkeley to Schubert. Sunday afternoon the great pianist Richard Goode played the last three sonatas in Zellerbach Hall, while Friday and Saturday nights that ...

Look out for Schubert's Impromptu No. 3, which contains a nod to one of the world's most famous pop songs... Just after he wrote Fly Me to the Moon, Schubert wrote his Impromptu No. 3. Absolute ...

Impromptus, Movements: No. 1 in F minor Vassily Primakov, Piano Franz Schubert, Composer Impromptus, Movements: No. 1 in C minor Franz Schubert, Composer Vassily Primakov, Piano Impromptus, Movements: ...