Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Performer: Mathieu Gaudet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Analekta
Catalogue: AN29185
Release: 2021
Size: 1.15 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Sonata No. 5 in A flat major, D557
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro
Four Dances
04. I. Waltz in A-flat Major, D. 978
05. II. German Dance in F major, D. 841
06. III. German Dance in G major, D. 841
07. IV. Waltz in G Major, D. 844
08. 13 Variations on a theme by Anselm Hüttenbrenner in A minor, D576
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major, D850
09. I. Allegro
10. II. Andante con moto
11. III. Scherzo & Trio – Allegro vivace
12. IV. Rondo – Allegretto moderato
This album by pianist Mathieu Gaudet is the fifth volume in his wonderful collection of complete sonatas and major works for piano composed by Franz Schubert. While it is true that Schubert’s music is often tinged with a hushed melancholy, at times it is suffused with an optimistic, bountiful light that ardently celebrates life, such as the radiant Sonata No. 16 in D Major, D. 850, the Sonata No. 5 in A-flat Major, D. 557 and the Variations in A Minor, D. 576 offered here.