Schubert: The Secret Melody Mathieu Gaudet

• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, D. 537:
• 1 Schubert: Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, D. 537: I. Allegro ma non troppo 11:21
• 2 Schubert: Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, D. 537: II. Allegretto quasi andantino 07:50
• 3 Schubert: Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, D. 537: III. Allegro vivace 04:50
• 8 Scottish Dances, D. 529:
• 4 Schubert: 8 Scottish Dances, D. 529 03:13
• Sonata No. 19 in A Major, D. 959:
• 5 Schubert: Sonata No. 19 in A Major, D. 959: I. Allegro 16:45
• 6 Schubert: Sonata No. 19 in A Major, D. 959: II. Andantino 08:04
• 7 Schubert: Sonata No. 19 in A Major, D. 959: III. Scherzo & Trio. Allegro vivace 05:34
• 8 Schubert: Sonata No. 19 in A Major, D. 959: IV. Rondo. Allegretto 12:45
• Total Runtime 01:10:22

Info for Schubert: The Secret Melody

For the tenth part of his series of Schubert's complete sonatas and major works for piano, Mathieu Gaudet turns to a work of undisguised Romanticism: Sonata No. 4 in A minor (D 537), composed in 1817. While the outer movements are highly dramatic in character, the central slow movement contains a long and enchanting melody of an almost fragile delicacy. He returned to this melody eleven years later, in 1828, using it as the theme of the last movement of Sonata No. 19 in A major D 959, his penultimate sonata. This Allegretto is perhaps the most 'Schubertian' of all: it is generous, graceful, full of hope despite a weighty melancholy, and always in motion. Schubert's return to the melody he had composed when he was 20 testifies to his particular love for it. It was his personal anthem, his secret melody.

Mathieu Gaudet, piano

Mathieu Gaudet
A versatile, passionate musician, Mathieu Gaudet has pursued a remarkable career as a soloist, chamber musician, and conductor for the past twenty years. He commands a vast repertoire of works and has performed across Canada, the United States, Europe, and Asia. His concerts and recordings are regularly broadcast on the French and English services of the CBC.

Since 2019, Mr. Gaudet has been recording the complete piano music of Franz Schubert on the Analekta label, a project that will include fifteen albums. Volume 6 « Relics » came out in March 2022 and volume 7 « The Wanderer » will be available in Octobre 2022. The first and third vo- lumes were nominated for a prize at the ADISQ gala.

Mathieu Gaudet obtained the Master of Music degree from the prestigious Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where he studied with Julian Martin, subsequently perfecting his training with Leon Fleisher. In 2007 he graduated Doctor of Music in Performance from the Faculty of Music of Université de Montréal under Paul Stewart.

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