Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Performer: Duo Morat-Fergo
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Challenge
Catalogue: CC72791
Release: 2018
Size: 230 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Impromptu in C minor, D899 No. 1
Moments Musicaux, D780, Op. 94
02. I. Moderato
03. II. Andantino
04. III. Allegro moderato
05. IV. Moderato
06. V. Allegro vivace
07. VI. Allegretto
08. Impromptu in A flat major, D935 No. 2
Valses Sentimentales, D 779 Op. 50
09. No. 1 in E Major
10. No. 2 in E Major
11. No. 3 in G Major
12. No. 4 in G Major
13. No. 5 in D-Flat Major
14. No. 6 in D-Flat Major
15. No. 21 in F Major
16. No. 13 in A Major
17. No. 25 in A Major
18. No. 12 in G Major
19. No. 18 in C Major
20. No. 19 in C Major
21. No. 20 in C Major
22. Impromptu in G flat major, D899 No. 3
“We had always felt the guitar unconsciously lingering in Schubert’s musical language. That, combined with our love for Schubert’s music, sparked the desire to musically arrange and finally discover Schubert’s world, not only as listeners, but as performers. We started out by arranging Moments Musicaux. It was with delight that we realized how well these pieces work for guitar: the intimacy, serenity and folklore in Schubert’s piano music, so to speak, lived within the character of the guitar – and in order to move even closer into his world, we decided to play copies of guitars from Schubert’s time, with the very sound quality Schubert would have heard in the Viennese musical circles”.
Elisabeth Leonskaja commented after hearing the duo: “Recently I experienced a magical moment of music: two fine musicians – Christian Fergo and Raoul Morat – playing Schubert on two guitars. I felt transported back to the time of Schubert and thought I was hearing pianos from his epoch. A moment full of magical sounds.”