Schubert: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1

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Label
Alpha
Release Date
November 28, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Franz Schubert
    • PERFORMER
      Martin Helmchen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 28, 2025
    • UPC
      3701624511749
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1174
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    2. II. Andante

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    3. III. Minuet: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    4. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    5. II. Andante

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    6. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    7. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    8. I. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    9. II. Con moto

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    10. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    11. IV. Rondo: Allegro moderato

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    12. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    13. II. Andante

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    14. III. Menuetto: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    15. IV. Allegretto

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    16. I. Allegro giusto

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    17. II. Andante

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    18. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    19. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    20. II. Andante

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    21. III. Allegro

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Martin Helmchen


Martin Helmchen embarks on a complete recording of Schubert's piano sonatas, with four double albums to be released between now and 2028, the bicentenary of the composer's death. He has waited until he was in his forties to embark on this adventure because, in his view, an artist needs maturity to meet the challenges posed by the radical contrasts in Schubert's sonatas: "constant virtuosity that is never needlessly complex, set against sober interiority, the exuberant joy of the Landler, and bouts of dramatic madness". Recording a complete body of work also meant studying the scores carefully and tackling the question of the movements left unfinished by the composer, should we stop at the precise point where Schubert stopped composing simply because Schubert either ran out of time or did not have enough money to buy music manuscript paper? Helmchen has chosen to complete these movements, inspired by the recordings and above all the analyses of the eminent pianist Paul Badura-Skoda. This first volume presents sonatas composed between 1815 (Schubert was 18) and 1825. The entire cycle has been recorded on a Bosendorfer piano at the Kronberg Academy.