Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960
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Instrumental » Piano Solos » Piano Sonatas
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Zimerman takes us into a place of deep introspection, finding vast universes within. The recorded sound, by Rainer Maillard, is beautifully judged, combining gentleness with absolute clarity…This... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th September 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Instrumental
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Instrument
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[Schiff] shows how [the fortepiano's] muted, delicate sound can transform Schubert for modern listeners. Two of the piano sonatas, the G Major, D894, and the late B Flat, D960, speak to us as... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Instrumental Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Instrumental
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Ugorskaja’s slow and often static approach [is] epitomised in her double-length bass trill at the end of the first phrase of the sonata...Within this state of pervasive lingering, if you can... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Winner - Solo Music
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Brendel believes Schubert is 'mysteriously episodic', but doesn’t play him that way. Architecture is re-created by scanning ahead… and by binding movements together through tempi that relate... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2007, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, December 2017, Also Recommended
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It almost goes without saying that this is piano playing of the highest calibre, to which the recorded sound does full justice. Yet I do have reservations about his choice of repeats...Lewis's... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th May 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Piemontesi’s instinctive good taste means he never indulges in histrionics, and operates on the principle that understatement can carry more emotional power than its converse. This performance... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Instrumental Choice
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her performances are characteristically thoughtful – too much so for my liking.
Pires’s approach is more high Romantic than late Classical, constantly oscillating between loud and soft, fast... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Instrumental
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Building a Library, December 2017, First Choice
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Special offer. Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 & Klavierstücke D946
RecommendedMitsuko Uchida (piano)
Uchida's concentration and inwardness are of a rare order in her absorbed, deeply poetic reading of the B flat Sonata. No pianist makes you so aware how much of the first two movements is marked... — More…
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Building a Library, August 2005, First Choice
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No question about it, Leonskaja’s Schubert on Warner (her Schubert recordings for Teldec are completely different) should provide you with a lifetime’s worth of musical nourishment, and the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2022, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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