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Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D959
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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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There are moments when the music seems to call for a grandeur which this instrument can't produce, but with this recording Schubert's pianistic world is fundamentally transformed. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th April 2019
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Record Review, 20th April 2019, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2019, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Recording of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2019
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Special offer. Schubert: Piano Sonata in A major D959 & Moments Musicaux
RecommendedSteven Osborne (piano)
Steven Osborne has long been a Schubertian, and this recording is unmissable. Schubert wrote his A major Sonata, D959 during his final year in 1828, and given the biographical background, it's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2025, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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I am happy to report that it more than fulfils the highest expectations...This very distinguished recording should not be missed by anyone interested in fine piano-playing and heartfelt poetic... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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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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The opening movement of Schubert’s penultimate piano sonata, D959, is exquisitely shaped in this latest offering by Eric Lu, the impressive US pianist who won the 2018 Leeds International Piano... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th December 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, Instrumental 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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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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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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Garrick Ohlsson approaches both sonatas with a high sense of drama. This is big-boned pianism that rarely lacks immediacy or drive. — More…
