Dvorák • Schubert

Dvorák’s Piano Concerto, as played by two great musicians, is full of drama, charm and atmosphere. Richter’s Wanderer Fantasy is magisterial yet genuinely touching when intimate. Daniel Jaffé

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Daniel Jaffé

Published: September 18, 2015 at 9:51 am

COMPOSERS: Dvorak,Schubert
LABELS: Warner
ALBUM TITLE: Dvorák • Schubert
WORKS: Dvorák: Piano Concerto; Schubert: Fantasy for Piano in C
PERFORMER: Sviatoslav Richter (piano); Bavarian State Orchestra/Carlos Kleiber
CATALOGUE NO: 2435668952 (1963/76)

Daniel Jaffé

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Daniel Jaffé has been associated with BBC Music Magazine since 2004 when he was the reviews editor, working in that post until he went freelance in 2011. Previously he was on the editorial teams of Classic CD and Gramophone. A specialist in both Russian and 20th-century British music, he has also written articles and programme notes for various orchestras and festivals both in the UK and abroad, published two books – Sergey Prokofiev (Phaidon), and a Historical Dictionary of Russian Music (Scarecrow Press) – and contributed extensively to the Cambridge Stravinsky Encyclopedia (CUP).

Dvorák • Schubert

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