Release Date: 15 November 2024
Label: Chandos
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0095115228920
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: Franz Schubert
Description
Barry Douglas's acclaimed survey of Schubert's piano sonatas continues with this programme pairing the Sonata in E flat major, D 568 with the Sonata in G major, D 894. Published posthumously, the E flat major Sonata is a revision and completion of the D flat major Sonata, D 567. The original was written in June 1817, the revision soon afterwards. This sonata stands out in the canon for its light-hearted, easy-going character in contrast to the more serious nature of the other sonatas. The G major Sonata, the last to be published in Schubert's lifetime, was completed in 1826. The work holds a special place for many pianists, including Imogen Cooper, Sviatoslav Richter, and Paul Lewis; the latter two have declared it their favourite, whilst Robert Schumann described it as 'the most perfect in form and conception' of any of Schubert's sonatas. Douglas completes his programme with two Liszt transcriptions of Schubert songs: 'Gretchen am Spinnrade', and 'Wohin?' (from Die schone Mullerin).
Xiayin Wang; BBC Philharmonic; John Wilson
Trio Gaspard
Tempesta di Mare
Sophie Yates
Peter Donohoe; Karl Lutchmayer
Matilda Lloyd; London Symphony Orchestra; Lee Reynolds
Martin Owen; BBC Philharmonic; Rumon Gamba
Karim Sulayman; Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Keiko Shichijo
Yunjie Chen
Wolf Harden
William Skeen
Tomono Kawamura
Tomoko Ogasawara
Tomasz Kamieniak
Tobias Koch; Kolner Akademie; Michael Alexander Willens
