In 1942, the Austrian pianist recorded a set of Schubert Impromptus that were never released. Those recordings, plus others from the session, are now available in a new CD set. This is FRESH AIR. You ...
This is FRESH AIR. Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz loves old records - really old records, even before the age of vinyl. Many of those historic recordings have been transferred to CD, but not ...
“Mozart is a garden, Schubert is a forest in light and shade, but Beethoven is a mountain range.” Artur Schnabel was one the most influential pianists of the early 20th century. He’s best remembered ...
Mit dem Konzert des Pellegrini-Quartetts ging die große Artur- Schnabel-Werkschau der Akademie der Künste am Freitag in die letzte Runde. Das fünfte und letzte Streichquartett Schnabels von 1940 wurde ...
On July 24, Paul Lewis, the exemplary Liverpudlian pianist, will perform Franz Schubert’s last three piano sonatas in a recital at Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall. Composed a few weeks before Schubert’s death ...
This is FRESH AIR. You can count our music critic Lloyd Schwartz among the many music lovers who consider Artur Schnabel the most insightful classical pianist who ever recorded. Schnabel, who died in ...