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Schubert - Sonata, Impromptus | Harmonia Mundi HMC902021

Schubert - Sonata, Impromptus

Label: Harmonia Mundi

Cat No: HMC902021

Barcode: 0794881911226

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 27th April 2009

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Contents

Artists

Andreas Staier (fortepiano Christopher Clarke)

Works

Schubert, Franz

Impromptus (4), op.142 D935
Piano Sonata no.18 in G major, D894

Artists

Andreas Staier (fortepiano Christopher Clarke)

About

Four Impromptus that look towards the sonata model, and a sonata entitled 'Fantasie': it would appear that, in the works recorded here, Schubert was trying out all the possibilities of cyclic construction. These opened out before him new formal perspectives that would extend the conventional limits - just two years before his death.

Andreas Staier is renowned worldwide for his interpretation of classical and post-classical music on the historical fortepiano. His current repertoire includes works from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, which he performs on both the harpsichord and the fortepiano. He is regularly invited to perform at leading music festivals as well as in the most prestigious concert halls worldwide.

Played on a Christopher Clarke fortepiano.

“an experience to treasure. The clarity and brilliance of the scale passages in the fourth Impromptu and in variation five of the third are simply dazzling.” - Sunday Times

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