Striking period-instrument brings new light to Schubert’s piano sonatas

'Authentic performances of Schubert's piano sonatas performed on an 1820s pianoforte'

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Freya Parr

Published: May 29, 2019 at 11:55 am

'There are moments when the music seems to call for a grandeur which this instrument can't produce, but with this recording Schubert's pianistic world is fundamentally transformed'

Schubert 4 Impromptus; Piano Sonatas Nos. 19 & 20; Klavierstücke Andras Schiff (fortepiano) ECM 481 7252 124:21 mins (2 discs)

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Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.

Striking period-instrument brings new light to Schubert’s piano sonatas

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