Composers: Schubert
Compositions: Sonatas and Impromptus
Performers: Sir András Schiff
Catalogue Number: ECM 4817252 (2CD)

András Schiff’s purchase of a fortepiano in 2010 transformed a long-held fascination with the instrument into a full-blown love affair. One that has blossomed into admired recordings of Beethoven and Schubert, to whose late piano sonatas he returns on disc after a four-year interval with a masterly feel for both instrument and music.

He’s playing no ordinary fortepiano: a Franz...