Release Date: 20 February 2026
Label: Pentatone Music
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8717306265324
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: A Moment in Time
Description
Pianist Christian Blackshaw presents A Moment in Time, an intimate exploration of Franz Schubert's late masterworks. The album features the Four Impromptus, D. 899, written in 1827, in which Schubert transforms the simple Impromptu into "a harmonically connected cycle of unparalleled beauty." From the dramatic intensity of the first to the serene beauty of the third and the triumph over darkness in the fourth, Blackshaw reveals the depth, subtlety, and emotional brilliance of Schubert's music. The album also presents the Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960, one of Schubert's last major works for solo piano, composed during spring and autumn of 1828. Its movements traverse hope, despair, and luminous introspection, culminating in a finale of quiet triumph. For Blackshaw, these performances are a personal reflection - a snapshot in time of both Schubert's genius and his own lifelong engagement with these works.
Miro Quartet
Czech Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle
Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov
Tiffany Poon
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Holland Baroque
Arabella Steinbacher; Lawrence Foster; Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Delta David Gier
Valerio Celentano
Stephen Farr (organ)
Sota Kubota
Liudmila Georgievskaya
Fernando De Luca
Peter Donohoe
Yarno Missiaen; Bart Naessens
Vladimir Feltsman
