“A lyricist in a thousand’, Lupu has, naturally, placed Schubert at the centre of his repertoire and conjured from a seemingly recalcitrant black-and-white instrument a range of vocal colours and nuances that even a Souzay or Fischer-Dieskau might envy. Heard at his greatest in the sombre A minor Sonata, D845, he recreates a place where even the most outwardly genial phrase is troubled and despairing.”
Schubert:
Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D845
Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D894
Piano Sonata No. 5 in A flat major, D557
Two Scherzi, D593
Moments Musicaux (6), D780, Op. 94
Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D958
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D959
Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D784
Piano Sonata No. 1 in E major, D157
Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, D664
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960
Radu Lupu (piano)