Artist: Francesco Piemontesi
Title: Late Piano Sonatas
Condition:
Format: CD
Release Date: 2019
Label: Pentatone
UPC: 827949074264
Genre: Classical Artists
Album Tracks
1. Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D. 958
2. 1. I. Allegro 0:11:02
3. 2. II. Adagio 0:08:06
4. 3. III. Menuetto: Allegro 0:03:14
5. 4. Iv. Allegro 0:09:05
6. Piano Sonata No. 20 in a Major, D. 959
7. 5. I. Allegro 0:16:59
8. 6. II. Andantino 0:08:02
9. 7. III. Scherzo: Allegro Vivace 0:04:56
10. 8. Iv. Rondo: Allegretto 0:12:38
11. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960
12. 1. I. Molto Moderato 0:20:13
13. 2. II. Andante Sostenuto 0:09:37
14. 3. III. Scherzo: Allegro Vivace Con Delicatezza 0:03:53
15. 4. Iv. Allegro Ma Non Troppo 0:08:37
Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi interprets Schubert's last three piano sonatas (D958-D960) on his PENTATONE debut album, after years of engagement with these extraordinary works. These sonatas continue to fascinate pianists and listeners until this very day. They are arguably among the most existential music ever written for the piano, full of beauty and sadness, celebrating life and at the same time anticipating the composer's untimely death. Even if Schubert was barely thirty years old when he wrote these works, they reveal the otherworldly and detached nature of what is often described as "late style", while the music remains highly expressive and personal.
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