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Schubert: The Secret Melody

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Details

Composer
Franz Schubert
Artist
Mathieu Gaudet
Format
CD
Label
Analekta
Released
Oct 04, 2024
Catalog #
AN954
UPC
5400439009547

About

For the tenth volume in his series of Schubert's Complete Sonatas and Major Works for Piano, Mathieu Gaudet turns to a work of unabashed Romanticism: Sonata No. 4 in A minor (D. 537), composed in 1817. Whilst the outer movements are highly dramatic in character, the central slow movement features a long and enchanting melody of an almost fragile delicacy. He returned to this melody eleven years later in 1828, using it as the theme of the last movement of the Sonata No. 19 in A major D. 959, his penultimate sonata. This Allegretto is perhaps the most "Schubertian" of all: it is generous, graceful, full of hope despite a weighty melancholy, and always in motion. Schubert's return to the melody that he had composed when he was twenty years old attests his particular love for it; it was his personal hymn, his secret melody.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro ma non troppo 11:21
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    11:21
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Mathieu Gaudet
  2. 2 II. Allegretto quasi andantino 07:50
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegretto quasi andantino
    Duration
    07:50
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Mathieu Gaudet
  3. 3 III. Allegro vivace 04:50
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Mathieu Gaudet
  4. 4 8 Ecossaises, D. 529 03:13
    Track
    4
    Title
    8 Ecossaises, D. 529
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Mathieu Gaudet
  5. 5 I. Allegro 16:45
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    16:45
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Mathieu Gaudet
  6. 6 II. Andantino 08:04
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andantino
    Duration
    08:04
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Mathieu Gaudet
  7. 7 III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace - Trio: Un poco più lento 05:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace - Trio: Un poco più lento
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Mathieu Gaudet
  8. 8 IV. Rondo: Allegretto - Presto 12:45
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Rondo: Allegretto - Presto
    Duration
    12:45
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Mathieu Gaudet