When
András Schiff completed the recording of all of
Schubert's piano sonatas in the 1990s, Decca released a box set containing all of the individual discs from the series. For this 2011 reissue, Decca goes one step further and includes
Schiff's recordings of the Impromptus, the Moments musicaux, and several other shorter works.
Schubert's music, along with that of
Bach and
Mozart, is one of the cornerstones upon which
Schiff built his reputation as a thoughtful and intelligent performer. Anyone looking for a complete set of the
Schubert sonatas could do much worse than to choose this one by one of the foremost
Schubert interpreters of his generation.