David Levine plays Schubert

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Release Date: 6th Jul 2009
Catalogue No: 6995382
Label: Erato
Series: Virgo
Length: 74 minutes

Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D959

Work length31:34

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David Levine (piano)

I. Allegro

Track length12:31

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II. Andantino

Track length2:32

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III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio. Un poco più lento

Track length4:33

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IV. Rondo. Allegretto - Presto

Track length11:58

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Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960

Work length42:27

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David Levine (piano)

I. Molto moderato

Track length18:46

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II. Andante sostenuto

Track length10:44

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III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace con delicatezza - Trio

Track length4:24

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IV. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto

Track length8:33

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Schubert is the last great composer whose output reserves an honoured place for the piano sonata. He composed his last three sonatas in the autumn of 1828, when at the height of his powers, and some six weeks before his death on 19 November. The penultimate Sonata in A major, D 959, is one of the most delicate, and imbued with the spirit of the Lied; it opens with an assured Allegro, its texture softened by the triplets which dominate and eventually conclude the movement. The element of fantasy evident in the intensely-felt development section is found again in the central part of the sadly swaying Andantino, compared by Brahms to a sorrowing lullaby. After the Scherzo and trio, the sonata ends with a sonata-form rondo marked Allegretto. Dated 26 September 1828, the final Sonata in B flat, D 960, a masterpiece among masterpieces, is marked by serenity and resignation. Its amplitude goes hand in hand with a great simplicity, as in the sublimely moving, heart-rending Andante sostenuto. After the tenderness and refinement of the scherzo comes a finale which blends rondo and sonata form, crowning this work like the last rays of sun in a life shortly destined to come to an end.

David Levine plays Schubert

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