Maurizio Pollini - Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos.20 & 21 (1987) [2021 DSD64]

Pianist Maurizio Pollini's Schubert recordings are among the greatest that he has ever made. Here Pollini records Schubert's two great last sonatas, all written in the year of his untimely death, with a delicate and lyrical touch. The Originals series.


Tracks:

Piano Sonata No.20 in A major, D 959
01] 1. Allegro
02] 2. Andantino
03] 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) - Trio (Un poco piu lento)
04] 4. Rondo (Allegretto)

Piano Sonata No.21 in B flat major, D 960
05] 1. Molto moderato
06] 2. Andante sostenuto
07] 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace con delicatezza) - Trio
08] 4. Allegro ma non troppo

Personnel:

Maurizio Pollini, Piano

December 1983, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien [D 959];
June 1987, Residenz, Herkules Saal, München [D 960]