
Michael Endres’ Schubert Impromptus come close to reference standards for technical refinement, perceptive musicianship, and idiomatic sense of style in a splendidly engineered recording that
Michael Endres’ cultivated musicianship and virtuosity have graced some truly
The sensitive, refined, and somewhat understated qualities of Michael Endres’ 1990s Schubert sonata cycle released on Capriccio similarly inform these 2008 recordings. He plays down
The pianistic refinement and interpretive imagination Michael Endres brings to his Mozart sonata cycle easily ranks alongside leading modern-day contenders like Mitsuko Uchida, András Schiff,
Weber’s four piano sonatas are packed with unforgiving and cruelly exposed passages involving octaves, double notes, unison runs, and other virtuoso challenges. Yet there’s plenty
Even in a market saturated with first-rate recordings of Schumann’s Kreisleriana, Michael Endres manages to leave an individual imprint by way of several unusual interpretive
For the most part Michael Endres’ Ravel cycle holds its own in the face of formidable recorded competition and offers occasional fresh food for thought.
For Volume 2 of Arte Nova’s Schumann piano music survey, Michael Endres turns to the composer’s famous cycle of 43 teaching pieces, Album für die
Michael Endres diverts from an ongoing Mozart concerto cycle for Arte Nova with Vol. 1 of a Schumann solo piano music survey. Although Endres’ technique