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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'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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Authors
Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer. 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.