Yang Liu - Schubert: German Dances, Ländlers & Écossaises (2022) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. German Dance in C-Sharp Major, D. 139
02. German Dance in G-Flat Major, D. 722
03. 8 Ecossaises, D. 977
04. 2 German Dances, D. 841
05. 12 German Dances, Op. Posth. 171, D. 790
06. 3 German Dances, D. 971
07. 3 German Dances, D. 973
08. 6 German Dances, D. 820
09. Cotillon in E-Flat Major, D. 976
10. 2 Ländler in E-Flat Major, D. 980b
11. 6 German Dances, D. 970
12. 2 German Dances, D. 769
13. 4 Comic Ländler, D. 354 (Arr. for Piano)
14. 3 Ecossaises, D. 816
15. 12 Viennese German Dances, D. 128
16. 6 Minuets for Winds, D. 2d: No. 1 in C Major (Excerpt Arr. for Piano) - 2 Ländler in D-Flat Major, D. 980c: Ländler No. 2 [Completed by Y. Liu] - 6 Minuets for Winds, D. 2d: No. 2 in F Major (Excerpt Arr. for Piano)
17. 36 Originaltänze, Op. 9, D. 365 "Erste Walzer"
18. Grazer Galopp in C Major, D. 925



Schubert was known in his time primarily as a composer of songs, but he was also a master of the dance form and wrote prolifically for a middle-class society eager for domestic entertainment. He loved ländler (triple-time country dances), the "Écossaises" (supposedly Scottish), and the rich variety of genial German dances. Viennese pianos of the day produced a sound that was clear and transparent, very different from modern instruments, and in this recording Yang Liu plays on a Steinway grand and a copy of a mid-1820s fortepiano by Conrad Graf, a maker well known to Schubert.

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