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Sonatas & Impromptus
András Schiff plays Schubert’s Four Impromptus D 899, Three Pieces D 946 and Sonatas D 958 and D 959 on a Franz Brodmann fortepiano (Vienna, c. 1820). Recorded July 2016 at the Beethoven-Haus, Bonn.
Diabelli-Variationen
András Schiff plays Beethoven's Diabelli Variations twice: with the Sonata Op. 111 on a 1921 Bechstein (Lugano) and with the Bagatelles Op. 126 on a Brodmann fortepiano of c. 1820 (Beethoven-Haus, Bonn). Recorded July and December 2012.
Die Acht Grossen Suiten
Lisa Smirnova plays Händel's eight Suites de Pièces pour le Clavecin of 1720 (HWV 426-433) on modern piano. Recorded June 2007 to February 2009 at Schloss Goldegg, Austria.
Six Partitas
András Schiff plays Bach's six keyboard Partitas, BWV 825-830, on two CDs, in his own order (5, 3, 1, 2, 4, 6). Recorded live on 21 September 2007 at the Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I
Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (24 preludes and fugues, BWV 846-869) played by Austrian pianist Till Fellner on two CDs, his ECM debut. Recorded September-October 2002 at the Jugendstiltheater, Vienna; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Locations - John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes / Herbert Henck: Festeburger Fantasien
Herbert Henck plays John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano and his own improvised Festeburger Fantasien (two series), recorded at the Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt, in August 1993 and August 2000.
Complete Music for Piano and Violoncello
András Schiff (piano) and Miklós Perényi (cello) play Beethoven's complete works for cello and piano: five sonatas, the Op. 17 sonata and three sets of variations. Recorded December 2001 and August 2002, Reitstadel, Neumarkt.
Mozart / Reger / Busoni: Music for Two Pianos
András Schiff and Peter Serkin, two pianos, in Mozart's Fugue K. 426 and Sonata K. 448, Reger's Beethoven Variations Op. 86 and Busoni's Fantasia contrappuntistica. Recorded November 1997 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York. Two CDs.
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - Concert Recording
Keith Jarrett plays Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Book I (BWV 846-869) in concert at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, New York, on 7 March 1987. Archival recording first released in 2019.
In Concert - Robert Schumann
Live recording of András Schiff's Schumann recital at the Tonhalle Zürich on 30 May 1999: Humoreske op. 20, Noveletten op. 21, Sonata in F minor op. 14 and Nachtstück op. 23 no. 4. Produced by Manfred Eicher.
The Piano Concertos
Beethoven's five piano concertos in order of composition, with Alexander Lonquich as soloist and director of the Münchener Kammerorchester (concertmaster Daniel Giglberger). Recorded January 2022 at the Rathausprunksaal, Landshut. 3CD.
Liaisons - Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano
Pianist Anthony de Mare plays 37 solo piano pieces commissioned from 36 composers (Steve Reich, Wynton Marsalis, Frederic Rzewski, Fred Hersch and others), each reworking a Stephen Sondheim song. Recorded 2010-2014 in New York. 3CD.
The Piano Sonatas
Complete Mozart piano sonatas, with three fragments completed by Robert Levin, played by Levin on Mozart's own Anton Walter fortepiano (c. 1782). Recorded February 2017 and February 2018 in the Great Hall of the Mozarteum, Salzburg. 7 CDs.
Three Or One
Bach organ chorale preludes, cantata arias and a sinfonia transcribed by Fred Thomas for piano trio and solo piano, played by Thomas with Aisha Orazbayeva (violin) and Lucy Railton (cello); recorded 2012 and 2018 at the University of Huddersfield.
Hosokawa / Mozart
Toshio Hosokawa's piano concerto Lotus under the moonlight (2006), a homage to Mozart, paired with Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488. Momo Kodama, piano, with the Mito Chamber Orchestra and Seiji Ozawa, recorded live at Art Tower Mito in December 2006.
Clarinet Sonatas
Brahms's Clarinet Sonatas op. 120 played by Jörg Widmann and András Schiff, with Widmann's Intermezzi for piano (2010) played by Schiff; recorded May 2018 at the Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Elusive Affinity
Solo piano recital by Anna Gourari: Bach's Vivaldi and Marcello arrangements framing works by Schnittke, Shchedrin, Rihm, Pärt and Kancheli. Recorded January 2018 at the Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt, produced by Manfred Eicher.
De la nuit
Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon plays Schumann's Fantasiestücke op. 12, Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit and Bartók's Im Freien. Recorded in April 2016 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Seven Songs
Solo piano music by Komitas (Seven Songs, Msho Shoror, Seven Dances, Pieces for Children, Toghik) played by Lusine Grigoryan. Recorded in February 2015 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
In Concert - Beethoven / Liszt
Till Fellner in concert: Liszt's Années de pèlerinage, Première année: Suisse (Vienna Musikverein, June 2002) and Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 32 Op. 111 (Middlebury, Vermont, October 2010).