Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Performer: Lena Neudauer, Wolfgang Brunner
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 555153-2
Release: 2022
Size: 294 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Violin Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 137, D. 408
01. I. Allegro giusto
02. II. Andante
03. III. Menuetto – Trio
04. IV. Allegro moderato
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 137, D. 384
05. I. Allegro molto
06. II. Andante
07. III. Allegro vivace
Violin Sonata in No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 137, D. 385
08. I. Allegro
09. II. Andante
10. III. Menuetto. Allegro
11. IV. Allegro
Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Major, Op. 162, D. 574 “Grand Duo”
12. I. Allegro moderato
13. II. Scherzo. Presto
14. III. Andantino
15. IV. Allegro vivace
Together with Wolfgang Brunner on the fortepiano, Lena Neudauer now turns to Franz Schubert’s four Violin Sonatas. The first three works from 1816 have continued to be incorrectly labeled as “sonatinas” because the original publisher, Anton Diabelli, issued them under this title in 1836 in order to increase their sales potential. The Sonata in A major composed only a year after the first three more strongly develops Schubert’s characteristic lyricism, the formal structure is more varied, the piano part is of greater tonal refinement, and the work as a whole is longer than the three earlier works put together.
Wolfgang Brunner has selected two different “fortepianos”: an original instrument from ca. 1810-15 from Franz Münzenberger’s workshop for the earlier sonatas and a Romantic Hammerflügel by Conrad Graf for the grand Sonata in A major. Lena Neudauer performs on a Lorenzo Guadagnini violin from 1743 with gut strings.