SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF - Schubert - Four Impromptus D. 935 (Audio Only)

Sir András Schiff performed Franz Schubert’s Four Impromptus D. 935 on a Bösendorfer as part of the Gilmore Keyboard Festival's 2016-17 Piano Masters Series. Learn more at www.thegilmore.org/
SCHUBERT - Four Impromptus D. 935
No. 1 in F Minor: Allegro moderato (00:00)
No. 2 in A-flat Major: Allegretto (10:59)
No. 3 in B-flat Major: Andante (17:25)
No.4 in F Minor: Allegro scherzando (29:07)
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Photos by Chris McGuire
Audio engineering by Doug Decker
This concert was sponsored by Robert and Marianne Denes
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[@FirstGentleman1]

I remember. The first time I heard these pieces, also played by maestro Schiff, I felt in love with them.

[@quaver1239]

Very beautiful. Every note clear. Love that Bösendorfer.

[@darcsaster]

I would love to see this live, lucky people

[@wydiachandra4036]

Stunning ! Bravo !

Props to Doug Decker! Sound is clear as day!

[@francoisemendousse-pineau6404]

Un pianiste magnifique.et ces impromptus sont une couronne de plus ....

[@user-vb9gl5uu3h]

very beautiful❣️

[@jamespreston8384]

Magnificent

[@margarethansen7480]

Fantastic interpretation❤❤❤

[@emmanuelmassarotti5535]

Andras Schiff is between the most sensual contemporary Schubert interpreters, so he is my prefered nowadays.

[@jeffreylebowski4927]

Check out Kristian Zimmerman, he plays these alot better in my opinion.

[@arturofabianzeballos844]

Schiff...sorprendente...musucalidad extrema...perfección....carismatico

[@benjaminsmith2287]

I'm going to see him at Carnegie in about a week. I hope he plays the Bosendorfer 280VC as he did in this performance. If not, I gather he plays a well-prepared Hamburg Steinway. Either case, I'm looking forward to a real treat.

[@thomasmichaelbaier8913]

This is the ultimate Schubert! Never has he been so final about anything. The absolute end.

[@jeffreylebowski4927]

I think he sucks to be honest...

[@louisdresse8650]

My reference to study these pieces !

[@beatrizblaesig4699]

Sir András Schiff is simply extraordinary! Every note is so clear and played with a superb feeling. Schubert would adore him. I do too.

[@arturozeballos1]

IMPECABLE VERSION DE ESTOS IMPROMPTUS.

[@user-jq2pm9ky7g]

❤❤❤

[@martingwinnutt3521]

And I just listened to the F minor. Fully of gypsy paprika....fabulous

[@Johanna650]

Diuen que Schubert era un home amb una vida molt bohèmia. Malgrat tot, la seva genialitat la demostra en aquesta joia

[@MrKlemps]

The recording he perhaps 20 years earlier--before he became "Andras Schiff"--is not "mannered" as this one tends to be at times and is more naturally and deeply felt. This performance is still way beyond the rest of today's pianists. I never miss a Schiff recital in NYC even though I now live over 300 miles away. 9:58

[@yibodu]

Did you went to his Carnegie Hall recital in April? 4 Schubert Sonatas, it was STUNNING!

[@MrKlemps]

Yibo Du: Yes, I was present at this recital. n.b. This coming weekend, Maestro Schiff is performing Bach and Schumann with the NY Philharmonic, both as soloist and conductor.

[@ivanaraque]

@@yibodu IT WAS!!!! I still carry the recording I did of the Hungarian Melody on my iPhone. :))

[@arthurpendragon8042]

This would be true but for one other pianist - K Zimermann

[@alanleoneldavid1787]

@@arthurpendragon8042 Brendel cough Brendel

[@antoniocc6853]

Better than a record.

[@elenakholodnaya3286]

Incomparably.

[@carmenaballi]

Muy bonito ....aunque con ciertas libertades rítmicas en el impromptu n 2, ¿por qué cambiar las corcheas por semicorcheas? El efecto es muy distinto, lo siento. Me parece raro...

[@berlin3873]

That Bosendofer 😎

[@tudomnem2840]

Did anyone notice the stick is in the wrong hole on the photo?

[@nolans9848]

21:47

[@xiaoxiaoli811]

17:24 no.3

[@kkeoekkoli]

op 142 . 1번 f단조. 감사합니다.

[@trevorguy63]

Personal note - takes both repeats

[@giovannicossu430]

Schubert, si rilassa o descrive la sua amata Vienna.

[@musel7257]

죽기전에 안드라스쉬프 선생님의 연주회에 한번이라도 가보는게 소원

[@hollyhaylock]

yes, me too

[@GoldinDr]

Call me old-fashioned, but Schnabel's old recording is so much more balanced.

[@jameswright1103]

Yes indeed, there were several disconnected moments in this performance

[@wolfganghauser2515]

9

[@MrKlemps]

Part of Schnabel's great insight that sets his playing apart from that of most others lies in his being a composer. And by the way he insisted that his students compose (even if they were not good at it).

[@GoldinDr]

@@MrKlemps That's interesting!

[@MrKlemps]

​@@GoldinDr And although Schiff is not to my knowledge a composer, he did study the analysis of music with the great composer Kurtag. And it really shows! You always have a sense of how the music works, sometimes, especially in voicings, going against all received opinion.

[@martingwinnutt3521]

At last....someone who doesnt take the first impromptu much too fast. Much clearer at this pace, probably helped by the piano

[@PatrickBateman191]

Very good ... now listen to Brendl...

[@spiritussanctusband]

Vergleich mit Brendel ist unfair, der wird wohl die Referenz bleiben. Brendel hat es irgendwie für alle anderen fast sinnlos gemacht, Schubert zu spielen. Für sich genommen ist das aber schon großartig. Und ein kleiner Bonus ist meiner Meinung nach der Bösendorfer, Schubert klingt einfach am Bösendorfer am besten.

[@PatrickBateman191]

@@spiritussanctusband Sie machen ein gültiges Argument

[@nickcy27]

I prefer Schiff...there is more of the dramatic element in the interpretation especially that other live in Vienna

[@laddyretvreifredmadsen3413]

Smukt

[@suesmith2183]

Schiff is standing on the stage in that picture right at the end with hands clasped like a priest. This is the same man who preaches hatred about his native Hungary. All the time. Hypocrisy.

[@gaborozorai3714]

Correction: not against Hungary but against the current government of Hungary which is a cleptocracy with no values or direction other than the absolute imperative of retaining power and thus the ability to pocket ever greater fortunes through cronies, aka national oligarchs. Mr. Schiff's only misunderstanding is that they are not anti-semitic: they will be anti anything at all or pro anything at all as long as it will keep their core voters faithful and win them the next elections.

[@MrKlemps]

​​@@gaborozorai3714 What you say about the Orban regime is entirely correct. As it happens there are threats to Hungary even further toward the tyrannical (and the truly antisemitic) than the current regime and some feel that Orban is the only leader strong enough to keep them at bay.