Franz Schubert: Sonatas & Impromptus András Schiff

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Album-Release:
2019

HRA-Release:
12.04.2019

Label: ECM Records

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

Artist: András Schiff

Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)

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  • Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899:
  • 1 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: 1. Allegro molto moderato 09:32
  • 2 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: 2. Allegro 04:39
  • 3 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: 3. Andante 04:59
  • 4 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: 4. Allegretto 07:21
  • Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor, D. 958:
  • 5 Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor, D. 958: 1. Allegro 10:35
  • 6 Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor, D. 958: 2. Adagio 07:00
  • 7 Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor, D. 958: 3. Menuetto (Allegro) 03:04
  • 8 Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor, D. 958: 4. Allegro 09:13
  • 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946:
  • 9 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946: 1. Allegro assai 09:12
  • 10 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946: 2. Allegretto 11:46
  • 11 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946: 3. Allegro 05:31
  • Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959:
  • 12 Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959: 1. Allegro 15:45
  • 13 Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959: 2. Andantino 07:13
  • 14 Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959: 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) 05:30
  • 15 Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959: 4. Rondo (Allegretto) 12:35
  • Total Runtime 02:03:55

Info for Franz Schubert: Sonatas & Impromptus

Im neuesten Kapitel von András Schiffs fortlaufender Dokumentation der Musik von Franz Schubert spielt der große Pianist die Vier Impromptus D 899 und Kompositionen von 1828, dem letzten Jahr von Schuberts zu kurzem Leben: Die Drei Klavierstücke D 946 ("Impromptus in jeder Hinsicht“, wenn auch nicht dem Namen nach, wie Misha Donat im Booklet anmerkt), die c-Moll-Sonate D 958 und die A-Dur-Sonate D 959. Schiff entscheidet sich wieder für seinen von Franz Brodmann in Wien um 1820 gebauten Hammerflügel. "Es ist für mich ideal für Schuberts Tastenwerke geeignet", sagte er.

„Es gibt etwas ganz Wienerisches in seinem Timbre, seiner zarten Sanftheit, seiner melancholischen Cantabilità." Die Kritiker stimmten ihm zu, so einhellig wie sie auch in ihrem Lob für Schiffs Interpretationen waren: "Mir fällt niemand anderer von seinem Kaliber ein, der sowohl das Hammerklavier als auch das moderne Klavier beherrscht und sich auf beiden Instrumenten so hervorgetan hätte", schrieb Stephen Plaistow in einer ‚Editor's Choice‘-Kritik im englischen Magazin Grammophone. "Wenn es um Schubert geht, kann Schiff für sich beanspruchen, als Souverän unter den heutigen Pianisten zu gelten, der die Interpretation in Bereiche weiterführt, die andere noch nicht so vollständig erkundet haben."

András Schiff, Klavier



As a young pianist, András Schiff earned wide esteem for his 1980s recordings of the major keyboard works of J.S. Bach; in recent years, as part of his long-term relationship with ECM, he has gone back to Bach as a sage veteran, earning even more acclaim for his New Series versions of the Goldberg Variations (2001) and the Six Partitas (2007), both intimate concert recordings. In August 2011, Schiff turned his focus to the 48 preludes and fugues of Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, recording both Books I and II in the Auditorium Radiosvizzera Italiana, Lugano. The performance of these influential works sets new interpretive standards. For the recording, Schiff’s own Steinway was brought to Lugano, and the production beautifully captures a masterful player and his instrument of choice.

András Schiff, born in Budapest in 1953, puts a strong focus on cyclic performances of the important piano works by the masters from Bach to Bártok. His wide-ranging discography on ECM includes works by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann and Janáček, among many others. One of Schiff's most ambitious projects to date, the complete Beethoven sonata cycle was performed in 20 major musical centers worldwide and recorded for ECM in concert at the Zürich Tonhalle. In 1999, Schiff created his own chamber orchestra, the Cappella Andrea Barca, which consists of international soloists, chamber musicians and friends. In addition to working annually with this orchestra, he conducts London’s Philharmonia Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

Booklet for Franz Schubert: Sonatas & Impromptus

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