Paul Lewis: A Gorgeous Gallop Into the Infinite
By Justin Davidson, eMusic Contributor
At a recent late-night recital, Paul Lewis sat a piano in a penthouse party space and played one of Schubert's last works, the Sonata in A, D. 959, as if he were consoling everyone in the room over the composer's early death. At such close quarters, the audience, seated at candlelit café tables, could hear the Steinway's feline purr and the pianist's grunts. They could make out the shadows that dappled each glowing note. In… more »













