Piano Sonatas Vol.1
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RRP £20.30 historic list price — see live Amazon pricing below
- Performers
- Martin Helmchen
- Label
- Alpha Classics
- Discs
- 2
- Barcode
- 3701624511749
Product Description 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 Ländler, 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 Bösendorfer piano at the Kronberg Academy. Review The D major sonata finds composer and pianist at their peak as they ride waves of thunderous figurations in the epic first movement, navigate fierce dynamic contrasts and finally end the rondo finale playfully disappearing into silence. - 4 Star Review - The Times.
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Details
- October Release from Alpha Classics
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