Angela Hewitt | Classical review

Wigmore Hall, LondonAngela Hewitt's Schumann and Brahms recital felt like a very definite artistic statement. Don't pigeonhole me as a woman who plays Bach, it seemed to say. Dare I confess to wondering beforehand how Hewitt's signature cantabile sweep, which makes her Bach and Haydn so richly characterful, would translate to the craggy and sometimes even brutal physicality of early Brahms? If so, the answer was simply in the playing, which was often tremendous.Hewitt offered intelligent program...

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