Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest'

“A more auspicious start would be hard to imagine... Lewis's unalloyed musicianship and overall mastery are worth their weight in gold; every bar declares his calibre and generosity of spirit. Harmonia Mundi's sound is excellent and I can scarcely wait to hear the rest of this deeply serious and sensitive young pianist's epic undertaking.” The Gramophone, September 2005

Andras Schiff said of Horszowski’s Chopin: ‘It’s as though he had written the music himself. It’s unbelievably unpredictable, and yet it’s completely natural, and comes from within the composition. I learned a great deal about rubato from Horszowski, because he uses it in a way that’s like Chopin must have done: he never loses the pulse, and yet it’s played with great freedom.’

“Schumann's Arabeske is played with a tender simplicity that entrances. Of the Chopin group, the B major Nocturne is an outstanding example of Horszowski's long-breathed cantabile…” Gramophone Magazine, August 2008

“…in Schumann's Träumerei - the perfect encore - Horszowski demonstrates why he was so revered by Murray Perahia and András Schiff.” BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008 ****

“András Schiff leads the pack of top pianists recording Beethoven sonatas. His touch with these middle-period works is revelatory…” (Album of the Week, The Independent)

“The crowning glory in this fifth volume of András Schiff's resonantly recorded, chronological survey of the Beethoven sonatas is his urgently propelled Waldstein Sonata. Schiff clearly views this work as the piano equivalent to the Eroica Symphony, and uses maximum dynamic and textural contrast to emphasis its almost orchestral nature. ” BBC Music Magazine, November 2007 ****