"András Schiff is no stranger to playing Schubert at the Wigmore Hall, but this extraordinary event – first concert of the pianist's brief "Schubert & Beethoven Celebration" – communicated a level of innermost intensity that made it seem like the grail for which all his performances had been searching. What set it most obviously apart was Schiff's deployment of a fortepiano from Schubert's Vienna. For a musician who has previously railed against the "globalisation" of modern piano playing, this period sound provides more than just an alternative: the muted tone actually seems to suit Schiff's musical personality, and the result here was a rare communion of player and instrument."