Schubert: Sonata In A/Impromptus

1. Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D. 845 (Op. 42)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Paolo Giacometti

2. Impromptus (4) for piano, D. 935 (Op. posth. 142)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Paolo Giacometti

Schubert: Sonata In A/Impromptus,Franz Schubert,Paolo Giacometti,Channel Classics,Chamber Music & Recitals,Classical,Impromptu for Keyboard,Keyboard,Romantic Sonata/Sonatina for Keyboard

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Tracks:

1. Concerto for Piano, Strings and Continuo No. 1 in a Minor BWV ... - Dora Milanova, Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
2. Concerto for Piano, Strings and Continuo No. 1 in a Minor BWV ... - Dora Milanova, Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
3. Concerto for Piano, Strings and Continuo No. 1 in a Minor BWV ... - Dora Milanova, Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
4. Concerto for Piano, Strings and Continuo No. 4 in a Minor BWV ... - Dora Milanova, Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
5. Concerto for Piano, Strings and Continuo No. 4 in a Minor BWV ... - Dora Milanova, Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
6. Concerto for Piano, Strings and Continuo No. 4 in a Minor BWV ... - Dora Milanova, Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
7. Concerto for Piano, Strings and Continuo No. 5 in a Minor BWV ... - Dora Milanova, Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
8. Concerto for Piano, Strings and Continuo No. 5 in a Minor BWV ... - Dora Milanova, Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
9. Concerto for Piano, Strings and Continuo No. 5 in a Minor BWV ... - Dora Milanova, Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
10. Concerto for Two Pianos, Strings and Continuo in C Major BWV 1061: ... - Julia Ganev, Konstantin Ganev, Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
11. Concerto for Two Pianos, Strings and Continuo in C Major BWV 1061: ... - Julia Ganev, Konstantin Ganev, Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
12. Concerto for Two Pianos, Strings and Continuo in C Major BWV 1061: ... - Julia Ganev, Konstantin Ganev, Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble

Tracks:

1. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K.467 Elvira Madigan: Allegro - Vilmos Fischer, Vienna Mozart Ensemble
2. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K.467 Elvira Madigan: Andante - Vilmos Fischer, Vienna Mozart Ensemble
3. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K.467 Elvira Madigan: Andante ... - Vilmos Fischer, Vienna Mozart Ensemble
4. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K.453: Allegro - Vilmos Fischer, Vienna Mozart Ensemble
5. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K.453: Andante - Vilmos Fischer, Vienna Mozart Ensemble
6. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K.453: Allegretto - Vilmos Fischer, Vienna Mozart Ensemble

Tracks:

1. Piano Sonata in a Major K.331: Andante Grazioso: Thema/Variation 1 - Margarete Babinsky
2. Piano Sonata in a Major K.331: Menuetto - Margarete Babinsky
3. Piano Sonata in a Major K.331: Alla Turca (Allegretto) - Margarete Babinsky
4. Piano Sonata in F Major K.332: Allegro - Margarete Babinsky
5. Piano Sonata in F Major K.332: Adagio - Margarete Babinsky
6. Piano Sonata in F Major K.332: Allegro Assai - Margarete Babinsky
7. Piano Sonata in C Major K.330: Allegro Moderato - Margarete Babinsky
8. Piano Sonata in C Major K.330: Andante Cantabile - Margarete Babinsky
9. Piano Sonata in C Major K.330: Allegretto - Margarete Babinsky
10. 12 Variations K.265: Ah, Vous Dirai-Je, Maman: Theme/Variation ... - Margarete Babinsky

Tracks:

1. Concerto in C Major for Piano and Orchestra: Allegro - Capella Coloniensis, Maria Luisa Tanzini
2. Concerto in C Major for Piano and Orchestra: Larghetto - Capella Coloniensis, Maria Luisa Tanzini
3. Concerto in C Major for Piano and Orchestra: Rondo - Allegro - Capella Coloniensis, Maria Luisa Tanzini
4. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G Major: Allegro Moderato - Nicolai Evrov, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
5. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G Major: Adagio Cantabile - Nicolai Evrov, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
6. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G Major: Rondo - Presto - Nicolai Evrov, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
7. Concerto in C Major for Piano and Orchestra: Allegro Con Spirito - Ivan Drenikov, Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
8. Concerto in C Major for Piano and Orchestra: Adagio E Cantabile - Ivan Drenikov, Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
9. Concerto in C Major for Piano and Orchestra: Presto - Ivan Drenikov, Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble

Tracks:

1. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 in E Flat Major Op. 73 Emperor: - Anton Dikov, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 in E Flat Major Op. 73 Emperor: - Anton Dikov, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
3. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 in E Flat Major Op. 73 Emperor: - Anton Dikov, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
4. Overture Coriolan Op.62 - Dresdner Philharmonic
5. Overture Leonore No.2, Op.72 - Dresdner Philharmonic

Tracks:

1. Op.13, No. 8 in C Minor Pathetique: Grave - Allegro - Di Molto E ... - Istvan Szekely
2. Op.13, No. 8 in C Minor Pathetique: Adagio Cantabile - Istvan Szekely
3. Op.13, No. 8 in C Minor Pathetique: Rondo - Allegro - Istvan Szekely
4. Op.27, No. 14 in C Sharp Minor Moonlight: Adagio Sostenuto - Istvan Szekely
5. Op.27, No. 14 in C Sharp Minor Moonlight: Allegretto - Istvan Szekely
6. Op.27, No. 14 in C Sharp Minor Moonlight: Presto Agitato - Istvan Szekely
7. Op.57, No. 23 in F Minor Appassionata: Allegro Assai - Istvan Szekely
8. Op.57, No. 23 in F Minor Appassionata: Andante Con Moto - Istvan Szekely
9. Op.57, No. 23 in F Minor Appassionata: Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Presto - Istvan Szekely
10. Rondo a Capriccio Op.129: Die Wut er Den Verlorenen - Jennd

Tracks:

1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op.11: Allegro Maestoso - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Sandor Falvai
2. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op.11: Romanze. Larghetto - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Sandor Falvai
3. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op.11: Rondo. Vivace - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Sandor Falvai
4. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op.21: Maestoso - Adam Harasiewicz, Warsaw Philharmonic National Orchestra Of Poland
5. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op.21: Larghetto - Adam Harasiewicz, Warsaw Philharmonic National Orchestra Of Poland
6. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op.21: Allegro Vivace - Adam Harasiewicz, Warsaw Philharmonic National Orchestra Of Poland

Tracks:

1. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor Op.35: Grave - Doppio Movimento [Liv - Ivo Pogoreuch
2. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor Op.35: Scherzo [Live] - Ivo Pogoreuch
3. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor Op.35: Marche Fune. Lento [Live] - Ivo Pogoreuch
4. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor Op.35: Finale. Presto [Live] - Ivo Pogoreuch
5. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor Op.58: Allegro Maestoso [Live] - Garrick Ohlsson
6. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor Op.58: Molto Vivace [Live] - Garrick Ohlsson
7. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor Op.58: Largo [Live] - Garrick Ohlsson
8. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor Op.58: Presto Ma Non Tanto [Live] - Garrick Ohlsson
9. Mazurkas Op.59: No. 1 in a Minor [Live] - Ivo Pogoreuch
10. Mazurkas Op.59: No. 2 in a Flat [Live] - Ivo Pogoreuch
11. Mazurkas Op.59: No. 3 in F Sharp [Live] - Ivo Pogoreuch

Tracks:

1. Nocturne in B Major Op.9, No. 3 [Live] - Jean Marc Luisada
2. Etude in G Flat Major Op.10, No. 5 [Live] - Jean Marc Luisada
3. Etude in B Minor Op.25, No. 1 [Live] - Jean Marc Luisada
4. Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor Op. 20 [Live] - Jean Marc Luisada
5. Scherzo No. 2 in B Flat Minor Op. 31 [Live] - Jean Marc Luisada
6. Waltz No. 1 in E Flat Major Op. 18 [Live] - Jean Marc Luisada
7. Four Mazurkas Op.24: No. 1 in G Minor [Live] - Jean Marc Luisada
8. Four Mazurkas Op.24: No. 2 in C Major [Live] - Jean Marc Luisada
9. Four Mazurkas Op.24: No. 3 in a Flat Major [Live] - Jean Marc Luisada
10. Four Mazurkas Op.24: No. 4 in B Flat Minor [Live] - Jean Marc Luisada
11. Four Mazurkas Op.30: No. 1 in C Minor [Live] - Kemal Gekic
12. Four Mazurkas Op.30: No. 2 in B Minor [Live] - Kemal Gekic
13. Four Mazurkas Op.30: No. 3 in D Flat Major [Live] - Kemal Gekic
14. Four Mazurkas Op.30: No. 4 in C Sharp Minor [Live] - Kemal Gekic

Tracks:

1. Piano Concerto in a Minor Op.54: Allegro Affettuoso - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Heidrun Holtman
2. Piano Concerto in a Minor Op.54: Intermezzo. Andantino Grazioso - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Heidrun Holtman
3. Piano Concerto in a Minor Op.54: Allegro Vivace - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Heidrun Holtman
4. Introduction and Allegro Appassionato Op.92 - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Heidrun Holtman
5. Concerto Allegro With Introduction Op.134 - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Heidrun Holtman

Tracks:

1. Rustle of Spring Op.32, No.6 - Jennd
2. Novelette in F Major Op.21, No.1 - Jennd
3. Songs Without Words: E Major Op.19, No.1 - Jennd
4. Songs Without Words: F Sharp Minor Op.30, No.6 - Jennd
5. Songs Without Words: Duetto in F Major Op.38, No.6 - Jennd
6. Songs Without Words: G Major Op.62, No.1 - Jennd
7. Songs Without Words: Spring Song in a Major Op.62, No.6 - Jennd
8. Intermezzo in a Major, Op.76, No.6 - Jennd
9. Intermezzo in a Minor Op.76, No.7 - Jennd
10. Intermezzo in a Major Op.118, No.2 - Jennd
11. Intermezzo in E Flat Minor Op.118, No.6 - Jennd
12. Lyric Pieces: Arietta Op.12, No.1 - Jennd
13. Lyric Pieces: Folkevise Op.12, No.5 - Jennd
14. Lyric Pieces: Butterfly Op.43, No.1 - Jennd
15. Lyric Pieces: To Spring Op.43, No.6 - Jennd
16. Lyric Pieces: Notturno Op.54, No.4 - Jennd
17. Lyric Pieces: Bryllupsdag Pa Troldhaugen Op.65, No.6 - Jennd
18. Saisons Op.37b, No. 6 Juin Barcarolle - Jennd
19. Chant Sans Paroles: Souvenir de Hapsal Op.2, No.3 - Jennd
20. Melody in F Op.3, No.1 - Jennd
21. Humoresque in G Flat Major Op.101, No.7 - Jennd

Tracks:

1. Impromptu in B Flat Major D.935, No.3: Theme: Andante - Jennd
2. Impromptu in B Flat Major D.935, No.3: Variation 1 - Jennd
3. Impromptu in B Flat Major D.935, No.3: Variation 2 - Jennd
4. Impromptu in B Flat Major D.935, No.3: Variation 3 - Jennd
5. Impromptu in B Flat Major D.935, No.3: Variation 4 - Jennd
6. Impromptu in B Flat Major D.935, No.3: Variation 5 - Jennd
7. Impromptu in B Flat Major D.935, No.3: Pito - Jennd
8. 6 Moments Musicaux D.780: No. 1 in C Major - Jennd
9. 6 Moments Musicaux D.780: No. 2 in a Flat Major - Jennd
10. 6 Moments Musicaux D.780: No. 6 in F Minor - Jennd
11. 4 Impromptus D.899: No. 1 in C Minor - Jennd
12. 4 Impromptus D.899: No. 2 in E Flat Major - Jennd
13. 4 Impromptus D.899: No. 3 in G Flat Major - Jennd
14. 4 Impromptus D.899: No. 4 in a Flat Major - Jennd

Tracks:

1. Sonata in a Major D.959: Allegro - Michael Endres
2. Sonata in a Major D.959: Andantino - Michael Endres
3. Sonata in a Major D.959: Scherzo: Allegro Vivace - Michael Endres
4. Sonata in a Major D.959: Rondo: Allegretto - Michael Endres
5. Sonata in B Flat Major D.960: Molto Moderato - Michael Endres
6. Sonata in B Flat Major D.960: Andante Sostenuto - Michael Endres
7. Sonata in B Flat Major D.960: Scherzo: Allegro Vivace - Michael Endres
8. Sonata in B Flat Major D.960: Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Michael Endres

Tracks:

1. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in B Flat Minor Op.23: ... - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Jennd
2. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in B Flat Minor Op.23: ... - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Jennd
3. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in B Flat Minor Op.23: ... - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Jennd
4. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in a Minor Op.16: Allegro Molto ... - Daniel Gerard, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
5. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in a Minor Op.16: Adagio - Daniel Gerard, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
6. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in a Minor Op.16: Allegro Molto E ... - Daniel Gerard, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Tracks:

1. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major Op.83: Allegro Non Troppo - Dimitris Sgouros, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major Op.83: Allegro Appassionato - Dimitris Sgouros, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
3. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major Op.83: Andante - Dimitris Sgouros, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
4. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major Op.83: Allegro Giocoso - Dimitris Sgouros, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

Tracks:

1. Piano Concerto No. 2 in a Major Hungarian Fantasy: Adagio ... - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Jennd
2. Piano Concerto No. 2 in a Major Hungarian Fantasy: Allegro Agitato ... - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Jennd
3. Piano Concerto No. 2 in a Major Hungarian Fantasy: Allegro Moderato - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Jennd
4. Piano Concerto No. 2 in a Major Hungarian Fantasy: Allegro Deciso - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Jennd
5. Piano Concerto No. 2 in a Major Hungarian Fantasy: Marziale, Un ... - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Jennd
6. Piano Concerto No. 2 in a Major Hungarian Fantasy: Allegro Animato - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Jennd
7. Fantasy on Hungarian Folk-Tunes - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Jennd
8. Polonaise Brillante (After Weber) - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Jennd
9. Fantasy on Weber's FreischVilmos Fischer

Tracks:

1. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade. Allegro Giusto, Nel Modo ...
2. Pictures at an Exhibition: Gnomus. Sempre Vivo
3. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade. Moderato Commodo Assai E Con ...
4. Pictures at an Exhibition: Il Vechhio Castello (The Old Castle) . ...
5. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade. Moderato Non Tanto, Pesamente
6. Pictures at an Exhibition: Tuileries. Allegretto Non Troppo, ...
7. Pictures at an Exhibition: Bydlo. Sempre Moderato, Pesante
8. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade. Tranquillo
9. Pictures at an Exhibition: Ballet of the Chickens in Their Shells. ...
10. Pictures at an Exhibition: Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle. ...
11. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade. Allegro Giusto, Nel Modo ...
12. Pictures at an Exhibition: Limoges. Le MarchThe Market Place) . ...
13. Pictures at an Exhibition: Catacombae. Sepulcrum Romanum. Largo
14. Pictures at an Exhibition: Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua. Adante ...
15. Pictures at an Exhibition: The Hut on Fowls' Legs - Baba-Yaga. Allegro
16. Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev - Allegro Alla ...
17. Three Intermezzos Op.117: Intermezzo in E Flat Major. Andante Moderato
18. Three Intermezzos Op.117: Intermezzo in B Flat Minor. Andante Non ...
19. Three Intermezzos Op.117: Intermezzo in C Sharp Minor. Andante Con ...
20. Piano Pieces Op.118: No. 1 Intermezzo in a Minor (Allegro Non Assai)
21. Piano Pieces Op.118: No. 2 Intermezzo in a Major (Andante Teneramente)
22. Piano Pieces Op.118: No. 3 Ballad in G Minor (Allegro Energico)
23. Piano Pieces Op.118: No. 4 Intermezzo in F Minor (Andante - Allegretto
24. Piano Pieces Op.118: No. 5 Romance in F Major (Andante - ...)
25. Piano Pieces Op.118: No. 6 Intermezzo in E Flat Minor (Andante, ...)

Tracks:

1. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C Minor Op.18: Moderato - Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Drenikov
2. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C Minor Op.18: Adagio ... - Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Drenikov
3. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C Minor Op.18: Allegro ... - Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Drenikov
4. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G Minor Op.40: Allegro ... - Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Drenikov
5. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G Minor Op.40: Largo - Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Drenikov
6. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G Minor Op.40: Allegro ... - Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Drenikov

Tracks:

1. Prde Op.3, No.2 - Margarete Babinsky
2. Mdie Op.3, No.3 - Margarete Babinsky
3. Polichinelle Op.3, No.4 - Margarete Babinsky
4. Moment Musical Op.16, No.3 - Margarete Babinsky
5. Moment Musical Op.16, No.5 - Margarete Babinsky
6. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op.42 - Margarete Babinsky
7. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
8. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
9. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
10. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
11. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
12. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
13. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
14. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
15. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
16. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
17. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
18. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
19. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
20. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
21. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
22. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
23. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
24. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
25. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
26. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
27. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
28. Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op. 42 (Continued) - Margarete Babinsky
29. Prde Op.23, No.5 - Margarete Babinsky

Tracks:

1. Rhapsody in Blue - Cle Ousset, , Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
2. Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra: Allegro - Cle Ousset, , Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
3. Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra: Adagio. Andante Con Moto - Cle Ousset, , Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
4. Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra: Allegro Agitato - Cle Ousset, , Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
5. American in Paris - Cle Ousset, , Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart

Album Description

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I am surprised that this set has been out for 4 years and nobody reviewed it here yet. This is a lovely and occasionally amazing compilation. I was moved by many of the compositions. I really enhanced my classical music collection with this set. You have so many legends here to enjoy, from Bach to Brahms, Mozart to Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Gershwin, and more. If you love classical piano music and don't already have most of these works then this is a must buy for you. The price may go up, but I was fortunate to cash in on the $17.97 price. Quite a bargain for 20 fabulous discs.

Average customer rating: Not the best recording Stunning Goldberg Aria Great CD Piano Perfection! A Classic in Every Sense!

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Tracks:

1. 'Aria' - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
2. 'Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring' - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
3. Prelude No.1 In C Major, BWV 846 - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
4. Minuet In G Major From Anna Magdalena Notebook - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
5. Prelude No.22 In B-Flat Minor, BWV 891 - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
6. 'Siciliano' - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
7. III. 'Rondo Alla Turca' - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
8. I. Allegro - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
9. Fantasy In D Minor - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
10. II. Adagio Cantabile - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
11. I. Adagio Sostenuto - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
12. Fur Elise - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
13. II. Minuet - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
14. Impromptu Op.90 No.3 In G-Flat Major - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
15. Moment Musicaux No.3 In F Minor - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
16. Fruhlingslied (Spring Song) - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
17. Venetian Gondola - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics

Tracks:

1. Waltz Op.64 No.1 In D-Flat Major Minute Waltz - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
2. Prelude Op.28 No.15 Raindrop Prelude In D-Flat Major - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
3. Nocturne Op.9 No.1 In B-Flat Minor - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
4. Etude Op.10 No.12 Revolutionary - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
5. Nocturne Op.27 No.2 In D-Flat Major - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
6. GRand Valse Brilliante Op.18 In E-Flat Major - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
7. Nocturne Op.9 No.2 In E-Flat Major - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
8. Etude Op.10 No.3 In E Major - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
9. Prelude Op.28 No.20 In C Minor - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
10. Prelude Op.28 No.4 In E Minor - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
11. Waltz Op.69 No.1 In A-Flat Major Farewell Waltz - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
12. Kindererszenen (Scenes From Childhood) Op.15 No.7: Traumerei (Dreaming) - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
13. Fantasiestucke (Fantasy Pieces) Op.12 No.1: Des Abends (In The Evening) - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
14. Widmung (Dedication) - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
15. Consolation No.3 In D-Flat Major - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics
16. Aria - 50 Most Loved Piano Classics

Tracks:

1. Hungarian Dance No.5 In F-Sharp Minor - 50 Most Loved Piano Songs
2. Intermezzo Op.118 No.2 In A Major - 50 Most Loved Piano Songs
3. Waltz Op.39 No.15 In A-Flat Major - 50 Most Loved Piano Songs
4. June - 50 Most Loved Piano Songs
5. Berceuse - 50 Most Loved Piano Songs
6. Tango - 50 Most Loved Piano Songs
7. Granada - 50 Most Loved Piano Songs
8. To A Wild Rose - 50 Most Loved Piano Songs
9. Clair DE Lune - 50 Most Loved Piano Songs
10. The Girl With The Flaxen Hair - 50 Most Loved Piano Songs
11. Golliwogg's Cake Walk - 50 Most Loved Piano Songs
12. Arabesque No.I - 50 Most Loved Piano Songs
13. Gymnopedie No.I - 50 Most Loved Piano Songs
14. The Maiden And The Nightengale - 50 Most Loved Piano Songs
15. Prelude Op.3 No.2 In C-Sharp Minor - 50 Most Loved Piano Songs
16. Prelude Op.23 No.5 Ini G Minor - 50 Most Loved Piano Songs
17. I. Pavane - 50 Most Loved Piano Songs

Customer Reviews:

Not the best recording.......2007-07-15

The songs were played flawlessly, however, it's really quiet. When you turn up the volume, you will hear hissing in the background.

Stunning Goldberg Aria.......2006-02-21

Who is the performer of that amazing recording of the Goldberg Aria??!?! It must be Gould.

Great CD.......2006-01-29

Nice set of songs. I enjoyed it a lot, I see no reason why anyone wouldn't like this CD set.

Piano Perfection!.......2005-10-16

Saw it on TV and thought the music was beautiful, but forgot to write the information down... but managed to buy it online (now I see it frequently at the music stores)and I absolutely love this album -- all my favorite pieces! (I'm not big on writing comments or reviews, but was compelled by the artistry and passion I heard throughout this CD!)

A Classic in Every Sense!.......2005-10-12

I overheard some people at the record store talking about this album - one guy was actually a piano teacher and couldn't stop raving about it. I bought the album on his recommendation and couldn't be happier - it's stunningly beautiful. Beethoven's "Moonlight" sonata is haunting and Chopin's "Minute Waltz" is spectacular in its precision and speed! This will make a great stocking stuffer at Christmas for my friends (... I'm getting them now cause I've gone to a couple places and they're out of stock). If you're into piano, this is truly a classic!

Average customer rating: The best Pure Piano Not quite for that candle-light dinner .... Classic Great compilation

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Tracks:

1. Impromptu in A Flat Major, Op.142 (D.935),No.2
2. Etude in E major, Op.10, No.3
3. Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 'Fur Elise': Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59
4. Waltz in A flat major,Op. 39, No.15
5. June: Bacarolle from the Seasons,Op.37b
6. pring Song in A major,Op.62,No.6 From Songs Without Words: Spring Song in A major,Op.62,No.6 From Songs Without Words
7. Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque
8. Troiseme Gymnompedie
9. Andante in F major, WoO 57 'Adante favori': Andante in F major, WoO 57
10. Nocturne in E flat major, Op.9,No.2
11. Liebestraum No 3 in AFlat Major, Op.62 (S.541) No.3
12. Impromptu in G flat major,Op. 90(D.899), No.3
13. Romance in F Minor,Op.5
14. Alla turca from Piano Sonata No.11 in Major, K.331
15. Trerei from Kinderszenen,Op.15
16. Prelude no 15 in D Flat Major, Op.28 'Raindrop': Prelude no 15 in D Flat Major, Op.28
17. Tango in D major
18. Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.3 No.2

Customer Reviews:

The best.......2007-04-10

The CD I bought is great. The music is great. I love Fur Elise music.

Pure Piano.......2007-01-11

This is one of the clearest and most enjoyable CDs I have purchased. The music is pure and all piano, no frills. I feel like I can play, which of course I can not. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys excellent piano.

Not quite for that candle-light dinner .... .......2006-03-02

Perhaps its best to first clarify the context of this CD's title, "Romantic Piano Music." The word "Romantic" here is not about sensuous mood music to share with your significant other. Rather, it refers to the musical era labeled "Romanticism" which started around Beethoven and ended around 1900 with the development of the "modern era." It is odd that Mozart is featured here as he clearly belongs to the preceeding "classical" era (but the piece here is one of his best). So, this CD features solo piano music of that era which has musical characteristics like expressive lyricism ... passionate, personal and poetic emotional displays ... more experimenting with tonal color and harmony ... and frequent shifts of key, tempo and dynamic range (very soft to very loud). So, with especially with this last characteristic in mind, don't expect "Romantic music for a candle light dinner" here as several of the pieces go from quiet, introspective melodies to fast-paced runs or loud, dissonant chords (just hear the first bar of the last track). But, such is "romantic expression" in music. If you are just looking for some nice solo-piano dinner music, try John Field's serene Nocturnes or Chopin's uplifting Waltzes or the quiet compliation disc, "Chopin for Relaxation."

But, if your interest is to explore the great composers and piano literature of the Romantic era, this is a fine CD to do that for many reasons. One reason is the variety of styles and nationalities featured here. One other characteristic of the music of this period was the expression of pride in one's country (Nationalism movement). Nearly all of the composers whose works are featured on this disc were major influences in music history and showed varying degress of Nationism: Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Liszt from Germany ... Chopin from Poland ... Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov from Russian ... Debussy and Satie from France ... and Albeniz from Spain. With such an international line-up of famous composers, you will find a wide range of musical styles, flavors and expressions to discover and enjoy. Most of the selections here are among the more famous piano pieces, so it is a good place to start. And supported by capable artists, good sound quality and some decent liner notes giving the history of the music, this CD provides a compelling journey into the piano music of the mid-late 19th century ... but maybe not ideal for that romantic interlude you might have had in mind.

PS: The title song of this CD, "Fur (for) Elise," is one of Beethoven's most recognizable and simple tunes, often heard in those miniature music boxes or even cell-phone ring tones.

Classic.......2004-04-08

This is classic. I like this music, because this is piano music.
And I love piano music, because I like to play piano. Don't buy it, if you like pop music, not classic ! Buy it, if you like classic. Trust me.

Great compilation.......2002-12-09

Although you may never have heard of any of these pianists, they're all very good and solid performers. It does in no way sound like a budget disc. The programmed pieces work really well together, especially with such a (shatteringly played) finale: Rachmaninov's "Bells of Moscow" Prelude!

Average customer rating: Awesome Days and Evenings with Schubert and Uchida

Mitsuko Uchida Plays Schubert Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Impromptus | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Uchida, Mitsuko | ( U ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mozart: The Piano Sonatas Mozart: The Piano Concertos "Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 109, 110 & 111" Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos Mozart: Sonatas for Piano & Violin ASIN: B000654OUG Release Date: 2005-03-15

Customer Reviews:

Awesome.......2007-05-15

Schubert was a phenomenal composer. This set of CD's is now one of my most treasured possessions. His last sonata is almost 45 min long, an epic peice. Not for one second does Uchida's playing slow; she holds you completely engrossed in music so beautiful.

The sound quality is superb, the playing dense in personality and detail. As the previous reviewer mentioned, anyone interested in the piano, Uchida or Schubert this is a must have masterpeice.

Days and Evenings with Schubert and Uchida.......2006-01-31

Mitsuko Uchida is one of the major stars of the piano keyboard today and while her repertoire is wide, her interpretation of Franz Schubert's piano music is among the finest both on the concert stage and on recording. The two seem to be from the same soul: Uchida somehow finds the spiritual core of Schubert and traverses the hurdles of his Olympian pieces with complete ease and assurance.

This 8 CD set includes three sets of Impromptus (D899, 935, 946), Moments musicaux D780, German Dances D 820 an D790, and the Piano Sonatas numbers 4, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21. The placing of these works on the individual CDs creates a series of eight recitals and each disc is rich and satisfying. Playing all eight CDs in one day makes for one of the most rewarding musical experiences available.

The recorded sound is superb and Uchida is in top form for each selection. This is fine as Schubert gets and the entire set is more than well worth the relatively modest price. For lovers of the piano, of Mitsuko Uchida, and of Schubert this is zenith release. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, January 06

Average customer rating: Brendel's best recording of these Schubert 's parting "swan songs" Sublime Captures the intimacy of Schubert Lifeless

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Tracks:

1. Sonata In C Minor, D. 958: I. Allegro
2. Sonata In C Minor, D.958: II. Adagio
3. Sonata In C Minor D,958:: III. Menuetto (Allegro)
4. Sonata In C Minor, D.958: IV. Allegro
5. Sonata In A, D 959: I. Allegro
6. Sonata In A, D 959: II. Andantino
7. Sonata In A ,D 959: III. Scherzo (Allegro Vivace)
8. Sonata In A, D 959: IV. Rondo (Allegretto)

Tracks:

1. Sonata In B Flat, D. 960: I. Molto moderato
2. Sonata In B Flat, D. 960: II. Andante sostenuto
3. Sonata In B Flat, D. 960: III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace con delicatezza)
4. Sonata In B Flat, D. 960: IV. Allegro ma non troppo
5. Klavierstucke (Impromptus), D. 946: No. 1 In E Flat Minor
6. Klavierstucke (Impromptus), D. 946: No. 2 In E Flat
7. Klavierstucke (Impromptus), D. 946: No. 3 In C

Customer Reviews:

Brendel's best recording of these.......2006-07-07

These are better than Brendel's later digital recordings. His playing is more flexible and his sound is warmer. This is some of his best playing and a must have if, like me, you appreciate his deep understanding of the music.

Schubert 's parting "swan songs".......2005-06-14

It is amazing to look at the last compositions of many of the great composers who often literally wrote their final works from the death bed: Mozart's last opera, clarinet concerto and requiem ... Beethoven's most spiritual last quartets ... and Schubert's stunning C-major quintet and final three piano sonatas. These last piano masterpieces of Schubert - huge in scope and expression - were composed in a compressed space of only three weeks yet show no hurriedness. With these last works, Schubert seemed to enter into a fullness and new maturity - perhaps freeing himself of past limitations of achieving greatness on par with his idol Beethoven. The music he wrote here in his final weeks reveals the depths of his emotion as he contemplated the "winter" of his life and is among the most personal, poinant, and emotionally stirring music in the piano literature. Additionally, there are many direct references with his final and most grief-laden song cycle, Winterreise. In these works you can sometimes really feel Schubert's pain, intense frustration, deep yearning, pulses of joy ... and sometimes his tears.

While generally following classical sonata form, these late piano pieces are most unique in their architecture and progression. One reference had a wonderful description of their structure and effect that was very helpful: "The late sonatas are long musical soliloqies in which the forceful direction of Beethoven's music is replaced by structures that seem to circle round their subject without ever coming to rest. This is not to say these works are in any way self-indulgent or prolix. It is rather that the conventional perception of linear time is her suspended. They have a "landscape-like" quality to them and indeed define an emotional terrain that is unique to Schubert." (Rough Guide)

Many great pianists have recorded these final works - which are truly among Schubert's finest compositions for piano - and each brings something unique to the music. Schnabel first brought this music out of obscurity ... Andras Schiff's readings are full of that Schubertian youth and charm ... Kempff exudes a thoughtful, lyrical and civilized appeal ... Richter offers a unique intensity and insight ... Radu Lupu as always a master poet ... Perahia offers his usual appealing and elegant pianism ... Uchida gives deep and songful readings (though some say overly so at times).

Among these greats, Alfred Brendel has long been recognized as one of the great interpreters of both Beethoven and Schubert. While his style is often pigeon-holed as "intellectual" or "analytical" (maybe its the thick glasses?), Brendel is no less capable of genuine expressiveness and emotional tenderness, as can be heard in these deeply-moving final sonatas. To me Brendel successfully exudes the poinant spirit of Schubert in these works and breathes wonderful expression in them. He is full of Schubertian "celebration of life" in the scherzos and happy allegros while pensive and emotionally volatile in movements like the A major slow movement(D959). In this stuning movement, Brendel's transition from the serene opening into the violent episodes in the middle is an object lesson in musical suspense and unfolding drama. Equally, the ever-so-touching opening of the last B-flat sonata (D960) Brendel admirably conveys with a poinant melancholy that a gravely ill Schubert must have felt when he wrote this movement (although others have captured its depths with more poetry). Subtle differences really; I still like his playing overall, mainly because there is a clear sense of where they are going. He is equally marvellous in the D946 Impromptus pieces and the less-popular C-minor work. But, the A-major seems the most special on this CD.

If you are an average listener with no leanings towards any one of these pianist and looking for a solidly recommended set of these final great sonatas, then this two-CD DUO set is an excellent choice and value. The sound quality of this set is very good - but does have some subtle "machine hiss" and a slight lack of depth. Most major reviewers (like Penguin Guide) also rate Brendel's Schubert very highly (as in this set or his live set also on Philips). Regardless of your choice of recordings, these last piano sonatas are some of the jewels of the piano literature not to be missed that reveal new depths with repeated listening.

Sublime.......2002-09-14

These sonatas are among the finest keyboard productions of the late-classical era. More intimate than Beethoven's, yet imbued with more rhythmic pulse than Mozart's, they require much taste and restraint from the performer. They're also relatively lengthy (the briefest in this set runs nearly 30 minutes). Consequently they're not very popular showpieces for professional pianists, while amateurs rarely develop to the point of being able to play them well. Ironically, Schubert's sonatas are highly melodic and ingratiating, dramatic without being overbearing, sentimental but not maudlin -- just the sort of music that should be "popular."

Brendel's performances are, to these ears, very convincing. He structures each of these episodic pieces brilliantly, rendering a coherent and affecting musical statement. For all its alleged waywardness, there is a transcendent sort of continuity in the music that defies analysis, expressive of a certain though mysterious moment in the composer's life; to hear the transition from classicism to Romanticism, one might listen to Schubert's late sonatas. If that seems too much like "homework," consider that, for melodic invention, Schubert is second to no one who ever presumed to write music.

The recording quality is good, considering its vintage (early 70s). For the price (two CDs for the price of one) this set really can't be topped.

Captures the intimacy of Schubert.......2001-03-09

I have both this and Kempff - I've had the Kempff for awhile and really admired the performance but Brendle takes my breath away. To master Schubert you must master the silent, empty, spaces - and this Brendle does superbly. It's like he's playing in the same room. Excellent recording in every way. The Kempff is fine but if you love Schubert's works you must look for performers who understand the intimacy of his compositions. Marvelous

Lifeless.......2001-02-16

Brendel plays these pieces as if he's bored to death, especially in the (otherwise) gorgeous first movement of the B-flat Major sonata. Grigory Sokolov, Clifford Curzon, and Artur Schnabel are much more adept at sculpting that piece; Sviatoslav Richter offers a very deliberate but heartfelt approach. For the C Minor and A Major sonatas, try Wilhelm Kempff.

Average customer rating: listen with your heart Subtle and heartfelt. Not for every taste Honesty, conviction, personality and poetry! Caresses in the dark

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Tracks:

1. Piano Sonata No. 21 In B Flat, D. 960: Molto moderato
2. Piano Sonata No. 21 In B Flat, D. 960: Andante sostenuto
3. Piano Sonata No. 21 In B Flat, D. 960: Scherzo. Allegro vivace con delicatezza
4. Piano Sonata No. 21 In B Flat, D. 960: Allegro ma non troppo
5. 3 KlavierstD. 946: No. 1 In E Flat Minor - Allegro assai
6. 3 KlavierstD. 946: No. 2 In E Flat - Allegretto
7. 3 KlavierstD. 946: No. 3 In C - Allegro

Amazon.com essential recording

This is a marvelous musical coupling: Schubert's overwhelmingly moving last Piano Sonata and the visionary set of pieces written a few months earlier. There are several outstanding performances of the Sonata currently available, including those of Schnabel, Lupu, and Curzon. For the Piano Pieces, the only performance of comparable stature in the current catalogs seems to be one by Kyoko Tabe (Denon), which has the same Sonata for coupling. Neither pianist is very heart-on-sleeve in any of this music, so if you want more overtly romantic Schubert, look elsewhere. But both Uchida and Tabe give us profoundly moving interpretations of all this music, each on such a high level that it's impossible to make a choice between them. I'd buy 'em both. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

listen with your heart.......2007-05-02

I've listened to Schubert's sonata D 960 (on recordings) played by Schnabel, Brendel, Richter and Tabe; none comes remotely close to the lyricism that Uchida evokes with her overt feminine interpretaion. The first movement especially, it is as if the music is sung from the artist's soul.

While many audiences seem to prefer the slow version played by Richter, to me, overly exaggerated stretches in the timing of movement one seems out of character with the rest of the piece. It doesn't appear to me that Schubert is communicating his farewell with despair, even in these last moments in his life; or else he would not have ended this last Sonata with such power and hope. In my opinion, Uchida balances the hesitations well with the silences; and fluidity with a clarity of articulation that resembles distantly to Clara Haskil.

A great piece of music never stands by itself; nor does it lie dormant solely with the composer, locked away in a certain century or time. It is always renewed in the understanding, the spirit of each different performer. It is an evocation not only of the original composer's intention, but also is a statement of timeless echo of the evolving nature of life.

Subtle and heartfelt........2006-09-29

Mitsuko Uchida's interpretation of the last sonata is very striking and individual. The music becomes elemental, almost approaching sounds one might hear in nature, such as the soughing of trees, or the swell of the sea - this organic cohesion is clearly very much intended, and for me suggested a vision of Schubert's music as an exploration of certain emotional states, the piano becoming a source of effects designed to conjure these emotions.
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There seems to be some controversy over the sound quality of this recording. Ms.Uchida has obviously used a different instrument here to the rest of her cycle - this has a sonorous tone, lacking in the last detail of clarity, but eminently suited to the piece. The actual engineering seems completely acceptable to me - the acoustic is warm and slightly reverberant. The sound, then, is very much crafted by the performer to reflect her perceptions of the piece. My tastes lean towards the 'audiophile', and I found this recording very atmospheric and enjoyable - it feels like sitting a moderate distance from the stage in a sympathetically voiced auditorium.
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My favourite interpreter of this work remains Andras Schiff, but as an intriguing alternative view this is wonderful.

Not for every taste.......2005-04-26

The mixed reviews of this album reflect how strongly Uchida personalizes this music. If you like what she does: Wow! And if not, it will leave you cold. I've owned this CD for 4 months and keep coming back to it after listening to other interpretations ranging from Brendel's powerful but rather impersonal one to Horowitz's quirky but unforgettable effort.

Traditional Japanese music uses silence as much as sound to express its meaning and, in the first two movements of D. 960, Uchida allows the silence to have its say. Try listening to some shakuhachi music and then listen to this recording again. I guarantee it will make much more sense.

Uchida isn't afraid of a thunderclap cutting through Schubert's sweetness. The bravura she brings to the powerful sections seems even more titanic after her ethereal softness.

In Schubert's solo piano music, he seems to be expressing deeply personal feelings. Hearing how a variety of artists bring his work to life is worth the time and expense. If you're on this quest, don't miss Uchida.

Honesty, conviction, personality and poetry!.......2005-04-07

At last from the East a new star has arisen: Uchida owns all the demanded requisites to triumph in this difficult career. She has a magnificent color sense and reminds me to Guiomar Novaes in this aspect, besides she has a very clean phrasing with an outstanding cantabile line that reminds us to Edwin Fisher and also a superior technique of the highest caliber. Even she is still in his early ages, I think her future is simply unlimited: somehow she has filled a sensible emptiness concerning with the raising stars of the instrument. Joao Maria Pires is sublime but Uchida is much younger and I feel she is growing up so fast but without frenzy. She has selected a fundamental repertoire and I really expect for her a colossal and convincing Schumann and also expect for her Bach. Think in the Goldberg Variations, for instance.

You have to recognize the enormous difficult to any serious keyboard player to play this Schubert's Sonata and win with that performance. And even if Uchida didn't reach the peak of Richter or Schnabel, for instance, I guess the time, and the expected maturity to play this work, that easily you may consider one of the five Giants pieces in all the pianistic repertoire. But Uchida surely must have read this famous Faustus' statement: I love whose who pretend the impossible!

My best wishes for Mrs. Uchida who may be considered from now a piano legend.

Caresses in the dark.......2004-11-15

So large an impact did Uchida make with her Mozart interpretations that I've resisted thinking of her in any other context. [I went to see her play Beethoven in New York City but I was too spellbound by the aura to pay much attention to the music.] But from its first notes, this recording of Schubert's final masterpiece had me holding my breath. It's the most emotionally intimate performance in *any* genre of music that I've ever heard. [The soulful portrait of the artist on the cover is an excellent suggestion of the mood you'll find inside. And the soft-edged recording is superlatively well-suited.] I can see why some listeners might be put off by this - if you're not in the mood for it, that kind of closeness could seem suffocating. But if you'd like to enjoy a very spiritual communion with two great musical artists, this is a once-in-a-lifetime recording.

Average customer rating: One of the best of the Masterworks series Will not buy this Worth it! Great way to jumpstart a schubert collection Better to Pick a Few First-rate Performances

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Customer Reviews:

One of the best of the Masterworks series.......2007-07-06

Brilliant Classics' "Masterworks" series, if you can get them cheaply (and currently they go for about $1/CD from Amazon's France Web site), are a great way to amass a significant library of the works of several great computers. The production values and the performances themselves are uneven, and the interpretations are not always historically-informed (unlike the bulk of Brilliant's "Complete Editions" of the works of Bach and Mozart). But there are numerous gems in the rough in The Masterworks, and the economic value is unsurpassed, even if you were to throw away half of the CDs in each set.

You're unlikely to throw away much of this Schubert collection though. This seems to be the finest of the Masterworks sets, with a succession of solid, often first-rate performances of most of the major Schubert works. Here's what you get:

- The symphonies, performed by The Hanover Band in a historically-informed style. Very interesting performances perhaps marred by an odd recording balance that makes the woodwinds sound distant. Takes up four CDs
- The six Latin masses. Also the Deutsche Messe in the version with wind instruments. Five CDs in all
- Edison Denisov's completion of Schubert's unfinished dramatic work Lazarus (2 CDs, Helmuth Rilling's premier recording)
- The last four string quartets (including the Quartettsatz) with #9 thrown in. Also the octet, piano quintet ("The Trout"), string quintet and both piano trios. In short all the canonical chamber works. Performances are strong, and well recorded
- Two CDs of violin/piano duets, including Op. 137 and Op. 162
- 19 of the 21 "canonical" piano sonatas (missing #7 and #12) as well as the Moments Musicaux, Impromptus, German Dances, Wanderer Fantasy and several other piano works, 11 CDs in all. As with the chamber music, the performances and recordings are strong, often stunning
- Two CDs of piano duets, including the Divertissements and D. 617
- Song cycles: Die Schöne Müllerin, Winterreise, Schwanengesang, and four CDs of standalone songs, including such "standards" as Erlkönig and Gretchen am Spinnrade. The singers are a bit uneven here, ranging from standouts Robert Holl, Deitrich Fischer-Dieskau and John Shirley-Quirk to the somewhat shrill Arleen Augér

Missing from the collection is Rosamunde, and a number of famous songs: Die Forelle (The Trout), Death and the Maiden, Ellens Gesang III (the so-called Ave Maria, D. 839), Der Hirt auf dem Felsen and Der Wanderer. But you do have almost all the important instrumental works, and most of the vocal works generally considered to be essential, with some padding added in the form of minor works such as the parochial Deutsche Messe, the German Dances, and the modernist-informed completion of Lazarus by the 20th Century Russian composer Denisov.

As with the other Masterworks sets, there are no program notes. You'll need to do your own research. Answers.com is a good starting point for Schubert compositions. There are also no song texts or translations provided, so again you'll need to track down your own. Try "The Lied and Art Song Texts Page" for lieder lyrics and translations. Hunt down a good price on this collection, browsing one of Amazon's European sites if necessary, and treat yourself to many hours of lovely music for the cost of a modest night out.

Will not buy this.......2007-03-16

I can't see D965 or D945 on this 40 disks worth of Schubert. Bizarre! There are so many great songs missing it scares me.

Worth it!.......2006-12-19

One of the best in "The Masterpices" series. Many of the discs (the symphonies in particular) were licensed from Nimbus and other full-line labels. Not all that long ago these discs would have set you back $18 to $20 a piece. That said, I still wouldn't part with my Hyperion collection. 40 CD's at this price... you can't go wrong.

Great way to jumpstart a schubert collection.......2006-12-19

Hartmut Holl, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Stephanie Brown, and Jaime Laredo as well as the Stuttgart Bach Collegium performing Schubert are hardly "left-behind artists and ensembles" as the previous naysayer states. These are licensed from major label releases and from the original masters issued at a bargain price, especially for the number of discs you get. Sound quality ranges from good to excellent. Good for all Schubertians and anyone who wants to jumpstart a Schubert collection.

Better to Pick a Few First-rate Performances.......2006-11-14

This is a bargain in dollar/listening time ratio, but who cares? There are many second-rate performances by left-behind artists and ensembles. Obviously the economics of resurrecting disks that don't require royalties has been the driving factor of selection. (On the other hand, the complete edition boxed sets of Bach and Mozart, which you'll find if you look, are stupendous successes artistically.)

Average customer rating: well reviewed glorious music in magisterial performances Immaculate, Beautiful Performances Pollini plays Schubert

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Tracks:

1. Piano Sonata In C Minor D 958
2. Piano Sonata In A Major D 959
3. Piano Sonata In B Flat Major D 960
4. Allegretto In C Minor D 915
5. Three Piano Pieces D 946

Album Details

The Originals series.

Customer Reviews:

well reviewed.......2006-12-31

3 out of three stars in the 2005/6 Penguin Guide.

Recommended recording in Rough Guide to Classical Music.

Available new for $25 from Arkiv Music, which has the rights from DG to burn this title on demand.

glorious music in magisterial performances.......2006-02-03

Maurizio Pollini is in fine form throughout these exemplary, magisterial, performances of Franz Schubert's "late" piano sonatas: C Minor (D 958), A Major (D 959), B Flat Major (D 960). As the excellent liner notes (Paolo Petazzi) accompanying the original (1987) Deutsche Grammophon release indicate, Schubert did most of his work on these pieces in September of 1828 (just after completing his famous String Quintet), clearly intended to form a single collection.

The virtues that are unique to Pollini: supreme technical facility, fastidious attention to form (shape and coherence of piece as a whole), scrupulous study of various editions of score, concert performances years in advance of recording- all come into play in these renditions of Schubert's glorious and darkly complex music.

Highest recommendation.

Immaculate, Beautiful Performances.......2005-10-14

I had heard these recordings a few times before in the 1980s, when they were first released, but then they dropped out of my sight and I went back to Kempff and Brendel and on to Uchida and Perahia when it came to these sonatas. I love these works so much and I also appreciate DG's remastered re-releases of their most highly regarded recordings, so I decided to go for yet another copy of Schubert's "last three." What a fortunate re-release this is. Coming back to Pollini's interpretations after listening to many others, I'm struck by how Pollini stands alone for the supreme clarity of his passage articulation and his masterful grasp of extended, complex and potentially formless works (think of his Schumann, his late Beethoven, the Liszt and Chopin sonatas, and his recording of Schubert's D. 845 sonata) over which lesser pianists often lose control.

A brief comparison with other interpretations of these sonatas. Brendel, Perahia and Pollini are all quite similar in that they take a lean, spare and unembellished approach to the D. 960, as opposed to Kempff, Richter and Uchida, who bring out the sonata's more spacious and sonorous qualities and make so much of the silences between the sonata's many mood changes. For a while I was completely smitten with Uchida's recording, but lately I've gone cold on it. It has the tendency to wax a little too poetic and to be somewhat self-conscious. I have the impression that Uchida feels burdened by the effort to make every note and every passage ring with profundity; eventually the first two movements collapse under the accumulated weight she heaps upon them. Richter to my mind is even more culpable in this respect (his first movement clocks in at about 26 minutes if my memory serves, while Uchida comes in at about 23 and change. Perahia, Pollini and Kempff manage it in about 18-20, while Brendel foregoes the repeat and his first movement is about 12-13 minutes long). Brendel does a magnificent job with the D. 960, but I've come to appreciate the first movement repeat that almost everyone else who records this sonata observes. Pollini therefore supplants him here, but what really stands out is the emphasis Pollini gives to what Schubert was doing with the bass clef. The recording really brings out the left hand complexities of the composition (beyond the foreboding trills) in the first and second movements, while the clean purity of his playing gives the second movement all the transcendent, dreamy qualities that are so abundant in the Kempff recording, albeit in a different manner. As for the third and fourth movements, Pollini's control is just a wonder. It's always eay to overlook these movements because of the overwhelming nature of the first two, but Pollini made me sit up and pay attention in a way I never have with the other interpretations. Perahia is excellent too, but strangely enough (since Pollini is often the one accused of remoteness and over-objectivity), there seems to be something absent from Perahia's recording of a piece that seems to rest on its many emotional intangibles. It's fine--flawless actually--in respect to its architecture and pacing, but there seems to be nothing remarkable about it regarding the emotions it evokes. So here Pollini and Kempff take the honors.

Pollini is also magnificent with the D. 959. Pollini goes here for a lean, mean, stripped-down-to-essentials Schubert, taking a Beethovenian approach that successfully highlights the many dramatic contrasts without any over-exaggeration or over-emphasis. To my mind no one surpasses Brendel's perfectly modulated and more measured interpretation; suffice to say though that Pollini is a clear and close second, and that many might prefer his approach to that of Brendel. I like both and will always own both. Although excellent and flawlessly executed, Perahia takes this tricky sonata just a little too briskly for my taste; Kempff takes it a little too easily and there's too much of a drop off in the level of tension that threads its way through the first two movements; and Uchida makes a complete hash of the slow movement.

If Brendel is the D. 959 sine non qua, he has for me always sounded a tad too brittle in bringing off D. 958, and here both Perahia and Pollini are more successful. The Perahia recording is more thick-textured than that of Pollini, and again I just have to go with the fact that Pollini manages the diffcult task of coupling absolute technical perfection with a deep understanding of these sonatas' other-worldly, emotionally ambiguous qualities.

There's definitely some Pollini out there that I am not fond of; his interpretations of early and middle-period Beethoven and the Diabelli Variations immediately come to mind. Anything from the '70s and '80s is golden though, and taken overall, this is the best 2-CD set of Schubert's late sonatas out there (it also includes the Allegretto and the late Klavierstucke). It will bring endless satisfactions and joys.

Pollini plays Schubert.......2005-06-11

Sublime beautiful performance of the B flat major Sonata.Arguably the best Schubert I've ever heard.A desert-island disc.

Average customer rating: Horowitz: good. Amazon: good. Sony Classical: BAD. ARE YOU CRAZY RICH OR CRAZY STUPID? merely spectacular! I have never regretted buying this... The greatest 20th Cent. pianist at his best!

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Tracks:

1. Sonata In E Major, K 531 (L430): Allegro
2. Sonata In A Major, K322 (L483): Allegro
3. Sonata In G Major K455 (L209): Allegro
4. Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique': I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
5. Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique': II. Adagio cantabile
6. Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique': III. Rondo. Allegro
7. Impromptu In G-flat Major, Op. 90 (D899) No. 3: Andante
8. Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12: Allegro con fuoco
9. Etude In C-sharp Minor, Op. 25 No. 7: Lento
10. Scherzo No. 1 In B Minor, Op. 20: Presto con fuoco
11. 3 Preludes - From Book II: IV. Les fees sont d'exquises danseuses. Rapide et leger
12. 3 Preludes - From Book II: V. Bruyeres. Calme
13. 3 Preludes - From Book II: VI. General Lavine - eccentric.
14. Poeme In F-sharp Major, Op. 32 No. 1: Andante cantabile
15. Etude In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: Andante
16. Etude In D-Sharp Minor, Op. 8 No. 12: Patetico

Tracks:

1. Piano Sonata No.2 In B- Flat, Op.35: I. G