Browse: Arthur Schoonderwoerd (piano)

This is quite simply marvellous. …an exquisitely planned collection of French music from the turn of the 20th century, bringing together, on the one hand, settings by Saint-Saëns, Pierné, Godard... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Using a 'tangent' piano - a short-lived hybrid of harpsichord and piano - for the pieces by Wilms and Schmitt, Arthur Schoonderwoerd plays with just the right amount of expressive freedom throughout.... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2004, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The two Russian singers deliver very expressive accounts of the vocal works, Nadja Smirnov in particular effecting a beautiful lyricism in the Blok cycle. Of the two extended instrumental works,... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2004, 4 out of 5 stars More…

these are not your standard Mozart concerto performances … cautiously recommended — International Record Review, April 2014 More…

A scrupulous labour of love, using a fortepiano as close as humanly possible to Mozart's. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

those with more carnivorous tastes will not feel sated, but for some of those who appreciate what Schoonderwoerd is trying to do for Mozart, there may be no going back - this is what Mozart's... — MusicWeb International, 26th August 2013 More…

Two of Mozart’s grandest concertos with a string force of six may seem like early music gone mad, and in these wind-rich works, they are poor relations. But it’s the fortepiano that bothers me:... — Sunday Times, 8th May 2016 More…

The easeful lyric tenor of Hans Jorg Mammel soars above the springing step and stinging accents of Arthur Schoonderwoerd's accompaniment on an 1810 Johann Fritz fortepiano. The voice recreates... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…