Mathieu Gaudet - WarmthThe new album Schubert: Warmth by pianist Mathieu Gaudet is the fifth volume in his wonderful collection The Complete Sonatas and Major Works for Piano of the great German composer Franz Schubert. While it is true that Schubert's music is often tinged with a hushed melancholy, at times it is suffused with an optimistic, bountiful light that ardently celebrates life, such as the radiant Sonata No. 16 in D Major, D. 850, the Sonata No. 5 in A flat

not otherwise featured on singles

François-Frédéric Guy

said Chouchane Siranossian and Andrea Marcon

of which there are hardly any recordings so far - complete the impression of an absolutely sound new recording

Alexander Shelley

wanted to 'tell a story' for his first album: he chose to record a selection of ballads

And if that's not enough

I chose a handful of songs that have been on heavy rotation in my head and heart from the first time I heard them

" Sonia Wieder-Atherton

Published in 1694

his technique is equal to the formidable demands made on it

Born in Alabama in 1925