Andras Schiff - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol. 6

Andras Schiff�s landmark Beethoven cycle, recorded live in Z�rich�s Tonhalle, now reaches its sixth volume with music written between 1804 and 1810, including the celebrated �Appassionata� op. 57 is preceded by the F-major Sonata Op. 54 whose mood is, as Schifff notes, partly song-like, party heavily accented. The Op 78 Sonata takes us into a very lyrical as well as a capriciously playful world. The sonata Op.79 is incisive and extrovert and the �Les Adieux� Sonata �presents us with a wonderful portrayal of a spiritual state between farewell, absence and joyful reunion.�