Last year, the brothers Arthur (18) and Lucas (14) Jussen amazed the
(inter)national classical world with their mature interpretations of the
Beethoven piano sonatas. The album got platinum the very same year. On
their new CD the brothers have literally joined hands for playing
Schubert’s Impromptus, a series of works for solo piano, as well as his
Fantasy in F minor and Four Polonaises – both composed for quatre mains
(four-handed). Again Arthur and Lucas Jussen have achieved absolute
sublime performances. Technically gifted, but – even more important –
music of flesh and blood with a soul entirely in the spirit of the
Austrian composer. Stilled, melancholic, full of joy and passion – the
emotions the works of Schubert evoke are coloured with the brothers’
splendid and
personal authentic style. In one word: phenomenal.
(Algemeen Dagblad - September 2011)
I wanted to dislike these performances as these brothers are presented in a terribly image conscious way - that’s DGG exploiting an image conscious market. But as an amateur pianist and part of a duo,Schubert’s Fantasy is our favourite work. I expected a degree of technical flash but superficial interpretations. These guys eschew mere technical virtuosity in the interest of deeper feeling. If anything, these are ‘inner’ interpretations. I’m amazed guys of this age can achieve such a sense of the subtle half lights of Schubert’s meaning. Such subtle use of rubato and a real sense of the melancholy of Schubert are so well presented here.
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