- BeethovenSix Bagatelles, op. 126
- SchubertDrei Klavierstücke, D 946
- BrahmsKlavierstücke, op. 119
- DebussyA selection of pieces
Late, brief and intimate music, for an audience that listens closely.
Pianist
LuisMagalhães
“All shadow and hesitation, like someone trying to speak but getting lost in thought.”Luis, on this Intermezzo
A Yamaha International Artist, Luis performs as soloist and chamber musician across four continents.
Ten albums, reviewed in Gramophone, Fanfare and The Strad.
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What Luis is playing
Solo recitals and concertos. Where you see a play button, you can hear the piece.
- SchubertSonata in A minor, D 784
- SchumannSonata no. 2 in G minor, op. 22
- BrahmsSonata no. 3 in F minor, op. 5
Three composers, three answers to the question Beethoven left behind.
- RachmaninoffConcerto no. 2
- BeethovenConcerto no. 3
- BeethovenConcerto in D, op. 61a
- BrahmsConcerto no. 1
- MozartConcerto in D minor, K 466
Latest recording
Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms
The works that have kept Luis company for years, set down at last. Schubert and Brahms at their most intimate, Beethoven’s late Bagatelles and Mozart’s fantasias, played as a single, personal arc.
- SchubertDrei Klavierstücke, D 946
- SchubertSonata in B-flat major, D 960
- MozartFantasia in D minor, K 397
- MozartFantasia in C minor, K 475
- BeethovenSix Bagatelles, op. 126
- BrahmsKlavierstücke, op. 119
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Press
“In the Sonata D.960, Magalhães makes the silences as expressive as the notes.”
DaCapo.pt
“…richly detailed, dynamic performances.”
Gramophone
“Jaw-dropping, mind-blowing… stratospheric excellence.”
Fanfare
Notes from the road
Luis also writes. Mostly about music, sometimes about bicycles.