András Schiff plays Schubert and Beethoven at the Foundation Louis Vuitton 

That Bosendorfer sounds just about perfect for this music. What a thoroughly intelligent and musical performance. World class in every way.

Pas de mot…. Juste des larmes…. Merci de cette bouleversante leçon de vie Maestro!

One of Maestro András Schiff’s performances I have enjoyed the most. Maybe it’s not fair to say it is the most beautiful Schubert I have heard but, at least, it feels so now. Sober, intelligent, and exquisite rendition of this sonata. Intimate, delicate, and sublime touch and phrasing: poetic lyricism, the nuances of a true artist. Coherent and eloquent dialogue of voices, perfect tempos. Few musicians understand Schubert’s music this well. Regarding Beethoven’s sonata 32, what to say? This is the way Beethoven should always be interpreted. I'm so bored with hearing pianists playing Beethoven as if his music is only about violent (hammer) Fortes and extreme contrasts (Maestro Brendel's Fortes are not hammer-like but Anvil-like Fortes I have to say with all due respect). Maestro Schiff clearly shows us how interesting and musical Beethoven’s music is: every single note speaks, every single one of them is in its right place. His encore pieces confirm that what we heard before was not the result of chance... we are before one of the greatest, without a doubt. With his Bach interpretation, he seems to be telling the audience: “This is the secret of my Mastery”... It’s what I always say: those who study Bach’s music as well as he has, are rewarded with such exceptional musical wisdom. His technique, obviously the result of patience, discipline, and intelligence. A memorable recital. Bravo Maestro Schiff!!!

For one-and-a-half hours, life became perfectly beautiful. I agree with Jaick Koo that such musicianship is genius. Thank you, Sir András Schiff.

Reminds me of a concert pianist who once said: "Ignorant people think Schubert is a composer for maidens; in reality he is a Titan". The joyful final allegretto of the D960, written while he knew that life was abandoning him, is one of the most poignant pieces of music I know of.

Fantastic, how respectul of the public for not applauding immediately after the end of the Arietta, and let him have that moment of silence.

I've never known someone make Beethoven's Op.111 sound so simple. Wonderful.

Thanks! For one-and-a-half hours, life became perfectly beautiful.

Schiff is one of the greatest pianists of the century, it's not an understatement. His interpretations are so profoundly well researched, he looks at copies of the original manuscripts and reads ancient correspondences to find the composers most authentic intentions. He played each of the WTC books in full concert, consecutively with almost perfect execution. You won't hear him playing Liszt, Rach, Prokofiev, he seems very specific in his tastes: he knows all the German masters from Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, to Schubert, literally every composition they ever wrote. Quite a lot of Scarlatti and Hadyn as well.

I am a humble listener but I feel that he always do magic to convert piano into an orchestra, voice, other instruments whatever he imagines. He is communicating with the composers which I listen. He is a genius. I joined a small event that he appeared in New York hosted by WQXR, I heard him playing right behind him, but I did not such a impression at that time. However, the more I listen his playing, the more I get fascinated.

I love how there was such a long pause after the Beethoven was over. It really helps have the music soak in before the inevitable thunderous applause :) it should be the norm for pieces of such character!

Your Schubert sends me to heaven...

Just as pianists are a breed apart among musicians who play an instrument, so are we, the Boesendorfer aficionados, a breed apart among listeners. Here ' apart ' doesn't mean better or worse - it just means different . And what a way to celebrate that difference. I have long loved Sir Andras ' Bach interpretations but his Schubert opened up new doors for me, so lyrical and contained . What I feel about his Beethoven, others have said so well. So I will just second their appreciations. Thank you for sharing this wonderful music, I shall be coming back to it again and again.

Andras Schiff is a pure genious, what can be said more ? And it is a real pleasure to hear another piano than a Steinway, the Bösendorfer gives a woody sound, softer than a Steinway or a Yamaha or a Kawai.

The Beethoven was extremely well played! Schiff never disappoints in his recitals. Bravo!

The second mvt from D. 959 was absolutely unreal

Such a complete artist. Many aspects to praise and ponder about, but one in particular I find myself thoroughly enjoying while listening to this recital is... Well, let me put it simply like this: Maître Schiff, one of the finest grammarians I've ever had the pleasure to listen to.

I heard Schiff play the Arietta while visiting Bonn a few years ago. God, I trembled from the emotion, it was embarrassing.

Programma meraviglioso. Interprete di altissimo livello. Da riascoltare infinite volte.

Огромное Спасибо за этот прекраснейший концерт!!!Благодарю! Благодарю!

Absolutely beautiful. Thank you Andras!

What an exquisite musicianship! How beautifully composed manner even at the fiercest passages, he's clearly not from the motion&emotion generation of pianists! Thank you for posting this feast!

Oh my God, that was a performance!

EXPERIENCIA RELIGIOSA .....BRAVO MAESTRO !!!

I love the way schiff makes balance between left hand and right hand while he plays schubert sonata Perfect harmony of Melody and Base part.

For those with comments about tone, I would just like to observe that there are many operations at work between Maestro Schiff's sound in this concert and our ears. This is why I find live music so vital, and so magical. I have never seen him play, but I imagine that all the things I love in this video despite its being compressed and posted to youtube, processed through my subpar headphones, etc., are in even greater abundance in the concert hall. What a gift to bear witness to even a fraction of Schiff's genius. Thank you to the poster for this offering!

brilliant. what an amazing performance.

I think it's imperative that every ounce of knowledge Schiff has on interpreting classical and romantic pieces is recorded and stored for posterity....it would be invaluable for future generations ....or it will be sadly lost forever.

Unglaublich.Überirrdisch.Bemrkenswert und Hingebungsvoll Musikalisch !!!!!

Schubert Sonata second movement the most sublime piece of music ever!

Bosendorfer!!!! What a magnific piano!!!

Beautifully recorded. Nicely played. Thanks.

Enjoyed all of this concert, more than I can say. What I love so much about Schiff’s music-making is his ability to listen to himself, to the sounds coming from the piano. Eyes closed, he listens. And this is very telling for those of us who try to really listen too. Quite wonderful.

The outstanding artist and greatest music

아름다운 콘서트에서 아름다운 연주라니... 감동 그 자체입니다.

Beautiful... Thank You Andras!

Thank you so much for uploading. Wonderful performance. I am only recently warming up to Schiff's playing after many years of listening. His playing here is beautiful.

Pianoforte meraviglioso per un grande artista. Sempre affascinato e conquistato dalla sua mirabile eleganza.

Thank you. And as encore: Thank you.

This was luscious. Thank you for the treat.

A ticket to heaven.

Never before was I so confident that the repeat in D.960 would be taken!

Schiff is as good as it gets. Marvelous playing.

Thank you .You send me real MUSIC. From Japan.

A great artist playing a very beautiful piano ...

Merci beaucoup! La belle musique!

He loves playing this Bosendorfer

Wow...a GREAT performance. VERY good!

Beautiful.

Magical pianist Sir Schiff! With a unique sound! Highlights the complexion of the instrument by stroking it

Schiff loves that Bosendorfer a sound perfect for his way of playing

WONDERFULL!

Quel pianista è il mio preferito...

This video is a real gift for the spirit. Particularly impressive at the end of the op.111, when Sir Andras remains immobile for a few long seconds, as if stunned by the greatness of the moment. And very good for the public, keeping silent, respecting the will of the pianist. Exceptional recital. Thank you very much. And the Bosendörf seems pefectly adequate for Beethoven.

bach well tempered clavier with non pedal and non regato. still amazing.

Wonderful!!👏👏👏

I love this piano !❤️🥇

Beautiful and dreamy Herr Schubert. Truly god sent genius. Schubert felt inadequate and looked up to Beethoven and see how he can please him with his compositions. Unbeknownst to him, in my opinion Franz surpassed Ludwig with over 1,500 most exquisite music ever created.

What a sublime musical-storyteller! Schubert and LvB speak directly to us by virtue of such a genius intermediary.

Fantastic performance

Bravo

Very beautiful

Except for Bach, this is literally the best set I've seen for recitals! It's full of my favourites.

Beautiful Music

Sublime.

Brilliant

EIn großer Pianist!

Большое СПАСИБО

I am convinced that Schubert and Beethoven predicted the existence of bosendorfers, and wrote music specifically for them.

シフ氏の演奏が素晴らしいのは勿論ですが このピアノの存在感と音色がまた素晴らしい！

I beg you to disallow monetisation (ads) if you next time upload any musical performance!!! You can do that for the joy of future viewers with this video too. The ads completely destroy the experience.

GREAT

Гений!!! Какие паузы!!! Публика- Браво!!! Минуты - Вечность!!!

His custom Bosendorfer has a sight and sound to behold.

Schiff plays in a most subdued and precise manner, which is certainly attractive though without extreme fireworks. Most relaxing to the point even where audience snoring might disturb the sound even more than coughing would. I wonder how he would play Shostakovich and Schnittke and other more modern composers? His political activism is extremely attractive as he frequently has spoken out against the racism of the neofascists. Many in his position stay silent, but he has not. How many today, as before, defend the Roma? Not too many... How many stand up to today’s thugs?

어후 내가 좋아하는 슈베르트 곡과 베토벤 곡이.. (베토벤 다 듣기 전)오늘 슈베르트에선 나도 모르게 눈물이 ㅜㅜ

素晴らしすぎます😭

The selection is interesting.

I was at this concert. I forgot that they filmed it.

Beethoven sure knew how to end a series of works at the height of mastery!

Schubert was indeed grand master of melody.

The Schubert is fantastic. Of course I still love Richter's recording, but this is live and Schiff plays with so much clarity here, it's unbelievably good. Maybe the piano has something to do with that, as it's not the standard Steinway D. Also great camera work.

I know comparisons are odious but this is meant as a compliment. His playing of these two last sonatas of Schubert and Beethoven reminded me of Wilhelm Kempff at his best.

Einfach grandios - mir fehlen die Worte, die Einzigartigkeit dieser Deutung auch nur annähernd zu beschreiben. Ich kann es nur empfinden... (Auch wenn es besser gestimmte Bösendorfer gibt!). Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli hätte denselben Flügel sicher nicht gespielt.

Wel said, everyone, very well said....

J'écris le 111e commentaire, pour dire que je me tais devant tant de beauté.

we've all so be conditioned to appreciate the Steinway Grand. To me the Boesendorffer is a newbie and a would-be. However it'll help to keep Steinway on its toes.

Bravo!❤️

son Bosendorfer est une merveille ! (enfin un son différent du Stenway)

I have read here, that this piano is Mstro.'s Schiff's personal Imperial Grand Piano, made out of cherry wood out of trees of Antonin Chekov's cherry orchards. In an effort to accomodate the out-do personality of the region.

Heaven.

Eccellente

👌

Lovely music. Interesting piano. Ah, Bechstein. OK. Very good.

I like also the Bösendorfer piano ( what a funny name) but how would it sound when the Barenboim piano technology would be used. It happens that an older piano technology as used for the List's piano is simply better than anything produced later. Great Barenboim knew it and got one produced for him with this superior old technology by a specialist.

Thanks. Do you have also the concert of Sir András Shiff with the soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, two days after, at the Fondation Louis Vuitton?

Ce pianiste est génial! Mais meme si c'est difficile, je crois qu'il ne faut pas couper les trilles tant que ca a la fin de l'op 111, il fait carrément plusieurs trilles courts sur la meme note. Pourtant ce n'est pas la virtuosité qui lui manque!

​01:18:15​ - for those who wanna face smth. fresh

ES MI PIANISTA PREFERIDO EN LA ACTUALIDAD.....JUNTO A CLAUDIO ARRAU DOS DE LOS MEJORES EN LA HISTORIA DEL PIANO...

훌륭하다 쉬프여