Composer: Franz Schubert
Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 2564611402
Release: 1996
Size: 228 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899
01. No. 1 in C Minor
02. No. 2 in E-Flat Major
03. No. 3 in G-Flat Major
04. No. 4 in A-Flat Major
4 Impromptus, Op. Posth. 142, D. 935
05. No. 1 in F Minor
06. No. 2 in A-Flat Major
07. No. 3 in B-Flat Major
08. No. 4 in F Minor
The works of Schubert are central to Elisabeth Leonskaja’s repertoire, and her interpretations of his work have been described as “essential”. Born in the Soviet Union, where her greatest mentor was Sviatoslav Richter, she moved in 1978 to Vienna. She has
said that: “In Schubert, there are things that any average Viennese person will understand better than I do … I, though, have to think about them carefully. In Schubert, profound matters are expressed with a lightness of touch.”