ANDRAS SCHIFF PLAYS SCHUBERT, VOL. 1: Piano Trios Opp. 99 & 100; Arpeggione Sonata, D.821 (DVD)

A new release from the series of Metropolitan Munich programs. Classified as EuroArts "Recorded Excellence", with high historical value and special pricing. András Schiff, Yuuko Shiokawa and Miklós Perényi play the Schubert Piano Trios with energy and sensitivity, bringing out all the contrasts and subtle shades of this joyful pieces. The Trios were among the only of Schubert's late compositions he heard performed before his death. The final piece on this DVD production features the less well-known ‘Arpeggione’ Sonata, given here in its arrangement for the cello. This work possesses Schubert’s characteristic mixture of cheerful vigour and wistful melancholy, and is performed by Schiff and Perényi with imagination and elegance.