Franz Schubert (Remastered) Nikita Magaloff

• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Sonata in si bemolle maggiore D. 960:
• 1 Schubert: Sonata in si bemolle maggiore D. 960: Molto moderato 18:54
• 2 Schubert: Sonata in si bemolle maggiore D. 960: Andante sostenuto 08:10
• 3 Schubert: Sonata in si bemolle maggiore D. 960: Scherzo. Allegro vivace con delicatezza 03:53
• 4 Schubert: Sonata in si bemolle maggiore D. 960: Allegro, ma non troppo 07:29
• Improvviso in mi bemolle maggiore op. 90 n. 2:
• 5 Schubert: Improvviso in mi bemolle maggiore op. 90 n. 2 04:46
• Total Runtime 43:12

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Die Sonate in B-dur, D. 960 ist die letzte und zweifellos die bedeutendste der drei posthumen Schubertschen Klaviersonaten. Aus dem uns überlieferten Manuskript ist das genaue Datum der Beendigung der Komposition ersichtlich: 26. September 1828. Wenig später, am 19. November 1828. sollte Schubert seine kurze Existenz beenden. Er hatte vor, diese seine letzten Werke dem berühmten Virtuosen Johann Nepomuk Hummel zu widmen. Als aber zehn Jahre später die Sonaten endlich veröffentlicht wurden, war Hummel auch verstorben. Und Diabelli widmete sie aus eigener Initiative Robert Schumann, welcher das Verdienst hatte, immer an Schuberts Genie geglaubt zu haben und das Schicksal seiner Werke zu verfolgen (tat-sächlich war es Schumann vorbehalten, das Manuskript der Sinfonie C-dur wiederaufzufinden). ...

Nikita Magaloff, Klavier

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Nikita Magaloff
(1912-1992) was a Georgian-Russian pianist. He was best known for his espousal of the music of Chopin, and was accustomed to perform the complete piano works in series of six recitals. He was the first one to ever record the completed works. These recordings were innovative for their textual fidelity and unsentimentality. His interpretations of Mendelssohn are also striking, finding a vein of melancholy that is often missed.

His playing, however, underwent a change in his later years, becoming more passionate, daring and challenging. He remarked in an interview that, "at the age of seventy, I have come to the conclusion that only the sentiment and fear of death can induce an immoderate passion for life." His last recordings bear eloquent tribute to this "immoderate passion for life.”

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