Paul Lewis
Widely regarded as one of the leading pianists of his generation, Paul Lewis is best known for his interpretations of the 32 sonatas and five concertos of Beethoven. He also plays a large number of works from Mozart, Liszt, and Schubert, including the substantial piano accompaniments in the latter composer's famous song collections Winterreise and Die schöne Müllerin. Lewis has concertized across Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas and has performed with many world-class ensembles, including the Chicago Symphony, Leipzig Gewandhaus, and Hong Kong Philharmonic. In 2021, Lewis joined Steven Osborne on the album French Duets and issued his second volume of Haydn's piano sonatas.
Paul Lewis was born in Liverpool, England, on May 20, 1972. Though he preferred the piano as a precocious child, he first studied the cello because his school lacked a piano teacher. From about age ten, he took piano lessons and, at 14, enrolled at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, where his teachers included Ryszard Bakst. He later studied at Guildhall School of Music in London and took master classes with Alfred Brendel, who befriended him and gave him private instruction. Following graduation, Lewis steadily built his concert career while also branching out into teaching.
Lewis' first important recordings appeared in 2003: an album of Schubert sonatas entitled Les Dernières Sonates on Harmonia Mundi, and a Hyperion release of Mozart quartets, with the Leopold String Trio. To coincide with the release of his complete Beethoven piano sonatas on Harmonia Mundi (issued from 2005 to 2008), Lewis toured the U.S. and Europe extensively from 2005 to 2007, giving critically acclaimed performances of all 32 masterworks. The final volume in the Harmonia Mundi series received the prestigious Gramophone Best Recording of the Year award in 2008. During 2010, Lewis performed all five Beethoven piano concertos in BBC broadcast concerts, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall in London, becoming the first pianist ever to do the entire cycle at the Proms in a single season. That year, Lewis was heard on a Hyperion album of Schubert's piano duets with fellow virtuoso Steven Osborne. In 2016, Lewis was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire. The following year, Lewis began a two-season concert series investigating the relationship between Haydn's sonatas, Brahms' late works for piano, and Beethoven's Diabelli Variations and Bagatelles. Lewis teamed up with Osborne once again for the 2021 album French Duets on Hyperion. Later that year, Lewis issued the second volume in his survey of Haydn's piano sonatas on Harmonia Mundi.
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Schubert: Works for piano, vol.2
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 1 Oct 2012
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Schubert: Schwanengesang
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 13 Sep 2011
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Mozart: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
Paul Lewis, Leopold String Trio
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 May 2003
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Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 20, 34, 51 & 52
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 10 Sep 2021
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Liszt: Sonate en Si Mineur
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 31 Jul 2007
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Schubert: Winterreise
Art Songs, Mélodies & Lieder - Released by harmonia mundi on 8 Sep 2009
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Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 14 & 19
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 15 Jan 2008
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Lewis: Three Decades Of Television Themes
Classical - Released by Campion Cameo on 11 Mar 2007
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French Duets - Fauré: Dolly Suite; Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc etc.
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 5 Mar 2021
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Serenade & Dance: The Romantic Harmonica Music of Paul Lewis
Classical - Released by Campion Cameo on 28 Dec 2004
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Action Rock Trailers
Soundtracks - Released by KPM Main Series on 25 Nov 2013
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Trading Horror Stories
Pop - Released by Realize Records on 1 Jan 2005
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Jimmy's Secret
Rock - Released by Realize Records on 16 Jul 2013
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Send Letters (feat. Romeo Rage)
Rock - Released by Realize Records on 17 Jun 2022
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Arthur of the Britons (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Silva Screen Records Ltd on 29 Jul 2013
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On Heaven's Swings
Pop - Released by Paul Lewis Music on 10 Jul 2019
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Faster Than the Sound of Speed (Deluxe Version)
Pop - Released by WideBoi Records on 29 Jan 2015
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The Lonely Ones
Alternative & Indie - Released by Horus Music Distribution on 20 Jun 2016
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