Schubert: 12 Great Piano Sonatas / Pienaar

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Avie Records
Release Date
November 20, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SCHUBERT, FRANZ
    • PERFORMER
      Daniel-Ben Pienaar
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 20, 2020
    • UPC
      822252242522
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AV2425
    • LABEL
      Avie Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      5
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    2. II. Allegretto quasi andantino

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    3. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    4. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    5. II. Andante molto

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    6. III. Menuetto: Allegretto

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    7. IV. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    8. I. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    9. II. Andante

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    10. III. Scherzo: Allegretto

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    11. IV. Allegro giusto

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    12. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    13. II. Andante

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    14. III. Allegro

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    15. I. Allegro giusto

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    16. II. Andante

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    17. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    18. I. Moderato

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    19. II. Andante

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    20. I. Moderato

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    21. II. Andante poco moto

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    22. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    23. IV. Rondo: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    24. I. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    25. II. Con moto

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    26. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    27. IV. Rondo: Allegro moderato

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    28. I. Molto moderato e cantabile

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    29. II. Andante

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    30. III. Menuetto: Allegro moderato

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    31. IV. Allegretto

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    32. I. Allegro

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    33. II. Adagio

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    34. III. Menuetto: Allegro

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    35. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    36. I. Allegro

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    37. II. Andantino

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    38. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    39. IV. Rondo: Allegretto

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    40. I. Molto moderato

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    41. II. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    42. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar

    43. IV. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar


Both on the concert platform and in the recording studio, pianist Daniel-Ben Pienaar is a completist. Following complete cycles of piano sonatas by Beethoven and Mozart, he presents 12 Great Piano Sonatas by Franz Schubert – the composer’s 11 finished sonatas and the seminal fragment D840. Pienaar relishes in these revelatory works, their extraordinarily detailed possibilities of characterisation, their call for immense energy and abandon, and navigating the vast dreamscapes that unfold in the course of this six-hour musical journey. “dazzling precision and clarity ... he communicates an individual and convincing vision for each piece, enough for every one of them to give delight. Brilliant.” (Gramophone, Editor’s Choice on The Long 17th Century) “dizzying virtuosity ... fresh, spontaneous, original readings that shed new light on the keyboard player’s Bible” (BBC Music Magazine on J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier)

 

REVIEW:

 

These readings for me capture the spirit of Schubert’s piano style. It is only when you set Pienaar next to the established greats that he lacks something in presence and imagination, but only by a small degree. His playing is at once natural and sympathetic, and blessedly free of artifice. It is also necessary to qualify my generalization that Pienaar’s approach is lively and alert. He recognizes the greater ambition and amplitude of the opus posthumous sonatas and changes his approach accordingly.

 

– Fanfare