"[The conductor] Shao-Chia Lü and the pianist Alexander Schimpf are clearly in agreement on one thing: Furore for its own sake is out of the question for them. (...) Not that Liszt’s “Totentanz” would now make an impression of being tamed. It is appropriately powerful, gruff, full of pathos, where necessary. [ ... ]
"...a poet and thinker at the piano..."
(Schwäbisches Tagblatt)"...an artistic moment of glory..."
(Wiesbadener Kurier)"...magisterial elegance and sensitivity..."
(New York Times)"...captivating intensity of expression..."
(Göttinger Tageblatt)"...every note he played was deliberate yet sonorous..."
Washington Post"...soulful and poetic..."
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Beethoven Appasionata
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