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Schubert: Last Piano Sonatas / Piemontesi
PENTATONE

Schubert: Last Piano Sonatas / Piemontesi

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Composer
SCHUBERT, FRANZ
Artist
Francesco Piemontesi
Format
CD
Label
PENTATONE
Released
Oct 04, 2019
Catalog #
PTC5186742
UPC
827949074264

About

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.

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REVIEW:

Piemontesi’s instinctive good taste means he never indulges in histrionics, and operates on the principle that understatement can carry more emotional power than its converse. This performance of D958 is the best I have ever heard. His D959 exhibits the same virtue. The D960, recorded live and technically immaculate, is glorious.

– BBC Music Magazine

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro 11:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    11:02
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  3. 2 II. Adagio 08:06
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    08:06
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  4. 3 III. Menuetto: Allegro 03:14
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegro
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  5. 4 IV. Allegro 09:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    09:05
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  6. 5 I. Allegro 16:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    16:59
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  7. 6 II. Andantino 08:02
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andantino
    Duration
    08:02
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  8. 7 III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 04:56
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  9. 8 IV. Rondo: Allegretto 12:38
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Rondo: Allegretto
    Duration
    12:38
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  10. Disc 2
  11. 1 I. Molto moderato 20:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Molto moderato
    Duration
    20:13
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  12. 2 II. Andante sostenuto 09:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante sostenuto
    Duration
    09:37
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  13. 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza 03:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  14. 4 IV. Allegro ma non troppo 08:37
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    08:37
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi