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Paul Lewis review – Schubert’s last works given a masterful treatment

Pianist is a wonderfully unfussy and straightforwardly lucid interpreter of sonatas completed months before composer’s death

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2024

Experience: I play piano for rescued elephants

One would walk off if I played Schubert, but stay for hours for Beethoven

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2023

Bosch: Legacy season 2 episode 8 recap: Bosch goes on the hunt

In Bosch: Legacy season 2 episode 8, Bosch confronts Ellis & Long, while the FBI closes in on Chandler.

WhatToWatch · Nov 3, 2023

Engel drove with 90-degree steering angle on straights in Hockenheim DTM race

After reporting an undisclosed issue to his team over radio, Engel was having to drive with a 90-degree steering angle to keep his Mercedes-AMG GT3 going in a straight line, as he valiantly tried to defend third place against the Schubert BMW of Rene Rast.

Motorsport · Oct 24, 2023

Winterreise review – Juliane Banse invigorates Schubert’s song cycle with vividly intelligent dance

The singer never lost her beauty of tone wherever the compelling choreography took her, enhancing the impact of the performance in an utterly unexpected way

The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2023

Lise Davidsen review – powerful, subtle and genuinely touching

The Norwegian soprano, accompanied exquisitely by pianist James Baillieu, revealed a finely graded expressive range in this chamber music venue in a programme that included Berg, Grieg and Schubert

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

Bostridge/Drake review – he conveys meaning and emotion with disarming clarity, each song was a gem

The tenor’s gift for narrative transforms each of these songs by Britten and Schubert into a tiny drama, with elegant accompaniment from the pianist

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023

Jonas Kaufmann battles back from infection in Claus Guth's 'Doppleganger'

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann, recovered from a multi-drug resistant germ infection, is appearing in “Doppleganger,” a staged version of Schubert's final songs

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

At last, Hyperion recordings are streamable. We pick some of the standouts

The British classical label is now part of Universal Music and its superb catalogue is being made available to stream. From Hildegard of Bingen to Hough, Hewitt and Hamelin, we look over some of the greatest recordings now available

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2023

Kenneth Hamilton Plays Liszt, Volume 2: Salon and Stage review – classics reworked for piano with tremendous verve

Pianistic flair and technical brilliance are the hallmarks of this winning record, in which Hamilton delivers Liszt’s transcriptions of works by Schubert, Wagner and others

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2023