Schubert: Sonatas & Impromptus

Schiff defines Schubert by ‘his modesty, his humility, his lack of ego’; the same qualities are evident in every bar of these performances, which quietly command absolute attention rather than... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Classical, 12th April 2019 More…

Release Date: 12th Apr 2019
Catalogue No: 4817252
Label: ECM
Series: New Series
Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

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Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D899

26:39

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András Schiff (piano)
Recorded: 2016-07-07
Recording Venue: Beethoven-Haus, Bonn

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4. Allegretto

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Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D958

29:52

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András Schiff (piano)
Recorded: 2016-07-07
Recording Venue: Beethoven-Haus, Bonn

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Schubert: Klavierstücke (3), D946

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András Schiff (piano)
Recorded: 2016-07-07
Recording Venue: Beethoven-Haus, Bonn

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2. Allegretto

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Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D959

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András Schiff (piano)
Recorded: 2016-07-07
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4. Rondo (Allegretto)

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Recording of the Week, András Schiff plays late Schubert

12th April 2019

The Hungarian-born pianist brings introspective poetry to two late sonatas, the Four Impromptus D899 and the Drei Klavierstücke D946, recorded on his Franz Brodmann fortepiano from 1820.

In the latest chapter in Sir Andras Schiff’s ongoing documentation of Franz Schubert’s music, the great pianist plays the Four Impromptus D 899, and compositions from 1828, the last year of Schubert’s too brief life: the Three Pieces D 946 (“impromptus in all but name” notes Misha Donat in the CD booklet), the C minor Sonata D 958 and the A major Sonata D 959.

Schiff again chooses to use his fortepiano made by Franz Brodmann in Vienna, around 1820. “It is to me ideally suited to Schubert’s keyboard works,” he has said. “There is something quintessentially Viennese in its timbre, its tender mellowness, its melancholic cantabilita.”

Critics have agreed, unanimous also in their praise of Schiff’s interpretations: “I cannot think of anyone of his calibre who has mastered the fortepiano as well as the modern piano and shown such distinction on both,” wrote Stephen Plaistow in Gramophone. “In Schubert Schiff has a claim to be considered sovereign among today’s players, carrying forward the reading and interpretation of him into areas that others have not fully explored.”

Among other accolades, the first volume of Schiff’s exploration of Schubert on fortepiano was ‘Recording of the Month’ in both BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone, ‘Editor’s Choice’ in Classical Music magazine and International Piano’s ‘Choice’.

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12th April 2019

Schiff defines Schubert by ‘his modesty, his humility, his lack of ego’; the same qualities are evident in every bar of these performances, which quietly command absolute attention rather than clamouring for it. These are profoundly affecting interpretations born out of a long-term loving relationship with both music and instrument, and ones to which I can see myself returning for years to come.

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