Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Performer: Mathieu Gaudet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Analekta
Catalogue: AN29183
Release: 2020
Size: 1.1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Piano Sonata No. 8 in E flat major, D568
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Andante molto
03. III. Menuetto & Trio — Allegretto
04. IV. Allegro moderato
Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D845
05. I. Moderato
06. II. Andante poco moto
07. III. Scherzo & Trio — Allegro vivace
08. IV. Rondo – Allegro vivace
Franz Schubert can be considered the first true composer as we understand the concept today: a musician who creates primarily in response to an inner calling, exclusively serving the beauty of the music, which is sufficient in itself. Pianist Mathieu Gaudet, for the third volume of his Complete Sonatas and Major Works for Piano series, chose to record Schubert’s wonderful Sonata No. 7 in E-flat Major, D. 568 (1817) and Sonata No. 15 in A Minor, D. 845 (1825). About the Volume II, WholeNote magazine wrote “Our world will need more Schubert like this.” Indeed.