Barry Douglas - Schubert: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 5 (2020) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Piano Sonata in A Minor, Op. 143, D. 784: I. Allegro giusto
02. Piano Sonata in A Minor, Op. 143, D. 784: II. Andante
03. Piano Sonata in A Minor, Op. 143, D. 784: III. Allegro vivace
04. Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 53, D. 850 "Gasteiner": I. Allegro
05. Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 53, D. 850 "Gasteiner": II. Con moto
06. Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 53, D. 850 "Gasteiner": III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
07. Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 53, D. 850 "Gasteiner": IV. Rondo. Allegro moderato
08. 14 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 560 "Schwanengesang": No. 10, Liebesbotschaft
09. 14 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 560 "Schwanengesang": No. 7, Ständchen



For his fifth volume of Schubert’s piano works, Barry Douglas turns to a contrasting pair of sonatas composed in the 1820s. The A minor, from 1823, was composed whilst he suffered an episode of depression following the onset (and harsh treatment for) syphilis. The D major sonata, however, was written in 1825 on a holiday to Gastein in the Austrian Alps, and is musically more confident and extravert, reminiscent of the ‘Great’ C major Symphony, begun during the same trip. Douglas completes his programme with a pair of Liszt transcriptions from Schwanengesang, Liebesbotschaft and Ständchen. As with the other volumes in this series, Barry Douglas plays a Steinway "Model D", and the recording was made in the Curtis Auditorium of the CIT Cork School of Music.

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