Piemontesi's carefully considered interpretations are all the more thrilling for their sudden eruptions of wild abandon.

Piemontesi’s gift for theatricality is the ideal match for Schumann’s effervescent Faschingsschwank aus Wien (‘Carnival Scenes from Vienna’), with its vivid scenes of Viennese dance, drama and revelry, which he precedes with Mozart’s grand D major Sonata. Webern’s Variations are terse and taut, and Piemontesi concludes his recital with the emotional intensity of Schubert’s great Sonata in A minor, one of the composer’s most personal creations.