FRANZ SCHUBERT

 

Schubert Live, Volume Two

 

CD1

Piano Sonata in C minor, D958

6 Moments Musicaux, D780:

No. 1 in C major - Moderato

No. 2 in A flat major - Andantino

No. 3 in F minor - Allegro moderato

No. 4 in C sharp minor - Moderato

No. 5 in F minor - Allegro vivace

No. 6 in A flat major - Allegretto

16 Deutsche Tänze, D783:

No. 1 in A major, No. 2 in D major, No. 3 in B flat major

No. 4 in G major, No. 5 in B minor/D major, No. 7 in B flat major

No. 8 in E flat major, No. 13 in C major, No. 14 in F minor/major

No. 9 in C major, No. 10 in A minor, No. 11 in E minor, No. 12 in C major

No. 15 in F minor, No. 16 in F major, No. 6 in B flat major

 

CD2

Piano Sonata in G major, D894

4 Impromptus, D935:

No. 1 in F minor - Allegretto moderato

No. 2 in A flat major - Allegretto

No. 3 in B flat major - Andante

No. 4 in F minor - Allegro scherzando

 

Imogen Cooper

 

Recorded live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall

 

Imogen continues her exploration of Schubert’s late piano music with the second volume in her ongoing series, recorded live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Her selection for Volume Two reflects the public appetite, in the late 1820s, for shorter piano pieces, which resulted in Six Moments Musicaux, D780 and Four Impromptus, D 935. Even the publisher of Schubert’s G major Sonata, D894, described the work as a ‘Fantasy, Andante, Menuetto and Allegretto’, knowing that marketing the work as individual character pieces would generate healthier sales.

 

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