Benjamin Moser - Beethoven & Schubert: The Last Sonatas (2015) [Hi-Res]

Info for Beethoven & Schubert: The Last Sonatas
Benjamin, for your new CD recording you have selected Beethoven’s and Schubert’s very last piano sonatas. Why have you chosen these works specifically, just now, in 2014?

The question is justified, particularly since they have been recorded by great masters on countless occasions. In view of the great artistic maturity required to climb these twin Himalaya peaks of piano repertoire, it is often said – quite rightly, no doubt – that the older the performer, the better.

But after having devoted my first two studio recordings to Russian and French music respectively, I found it important to finally bring out an album devoted to Viennese Classicism.

While I was still a student, but then particularly during the last three or four years, I’ve been intensely studying Beethoven’s last sonatas and I’ve often performed Op. 111 in concert. ... ( read more in the booklet)

Benjamin Moser, piano

Tracklist:
01. Benjamin Moser - Sonata for Piano No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111: I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato (9:22)
02. Benjamin Moser - Sonata for Piano No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111: II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile (18:04)
03. Benjamin Moser - Sonata for Piano No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: I. Molto moderato (15:45)
04. Benjamin Moser - Sonata for Piano No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: II. Andante sostenuto (9:30)
05. Benjamin Moser - Sonata for Piano No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace con delicatezza – Trio (4:08)
06. Benjamin Moser - Sonata for Piano No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: IV. Allegro ma non troppo (8:56)