Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Performer: Francesco Piemontesi
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Release: 2019
Size: 1.73 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D958
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Menuetto. Allegro
04. IV. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D959
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Andantino
07. III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
08. IV. Rondo. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960
09. I. Molto moderato (Live)
10. II. Andante sostenuto (Live)
11. III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace con delicatezza (Live)
12. IV. Allegro ma non troppo (Live)
Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi interprets Schubert’s last three piano sonatas (D958-D960) on his PENTATONE debut album, after years of engagement with these extraordinary works. These sonatas continue to fascinate pianists and listeners until this very day. They are arguably among the most existential music ever written for the piano, full of beauty and sadness, celebrating life and at the same time anticipating the composer’s untimely death.
Even if Schubert was barely thirty years old when he wrote these works, they reveal the otherworldly and detached nature of what is often described as “late style”, while the music remains highly expressive and personal.