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Andras Schiff

Andras Schiff

FromDesert Island Discs


Andras Schiff

FromDesert Island Discs

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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Feb 7, 1999
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Sue Lawley's guest this week is the pianist Andras Schiff. Born in Hungary, Bartok was the first composer he fell in love with and his music is still a regular part of his repertoire; despite making his fingers bleed. He compares learning a new composition to maturing wine - you can taste it almost immediately but it takes many years to become a vintage performance.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: String Quintet in C - Second Movement by Franz Schubert
Book: Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Luxury: Piano
Released:
Feb 7, 1999
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.