Composer: Arnold Schoenberg, Franz Peter Schubert
Performer: Can Çakmur
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BIS
Catalogue: BIS2650
Release: 2023
Size: 1.01 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor, D537
01. I. Allegro ma non troppo
02. II. Allegretto quasi andantino
03. III. Allegro vivace
Schoenberg: Klavierstücke, Op. 11
04. I. Mässige Viertel
05. II. Mässige Achtel
06. III. Bewegte Achtel
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D959
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Andantino
09. III. Scherzo
10. IV. Rondo
Three years after recording Franz Schubert’s Schwanengesang (arranged by Liszt), pianist Can Çakmur launches a new series called Schubert. Describing the Viennese composer as “a con-stant companion” in his life, Çakmur’s aim here is to juxtapose his complete major piano solo compositions with works by other composers that were inspired by his music, thus providing the opportunity to see these works in a new light. While making up a near complete anthology of Schubert’s completed major piano music, each disc is also intended as a self-sufficient recital. In this first instalment, two sonatas by Schubert, respectively D 537 and D 959, are juxtaposed with Arnold Schoenberg’s Three Pieces op. 11. The reason for this combination is that, firstly, the same theme is shared but treated differently in Schubert’s sonatas, and secondly, Schubert and Schoenberg seemingly sharing the same conception where the natural flow and direction of the music appear consciously deconstructed. With different means and a hundred years apart, both Schubert and Schoenberg, the former with his aversion to formal boundaries, the latter with his efforts against the natural tendencies of Western harmony, managed to strengthen the subjective expression of their music.