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Title: Late Piano Works 2
Artist: Andrea Lucchesini
Label: Audite
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 4022143977663
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2020-03-06
Number of Discs: 1
Following the first installment of his three-part Schubert series, the Florentine pianist Andrea Lucchesini now approaches the sanctum of Schubert's keyboard music: the Piano Sonata in B-flat major D. 960, composed a few weeks before the composer's untimely death in November 1828. Over the last two decades, the 54-year-old pianist, who studied with Maria Tipo for many years, has increasingly devoted himself to chamber music and has also recorded the complete Beethoven sonatas. Both experiences influence his recording of Schubert's late work for the piano. Here, too, Lucchesini reveals a cosmos of colors and he revisits the tempi, emphasizing contrasts and dramatic curves. Chamber music has inspired him to develop a conversational style - often there is a sense of dialogue, announcement or even lively communication. Amongst the last three piano sonatas, the Sonata in B-flat major adopts a lyrical tone. But above all, Schubert takes time to develop his musical themes - Robert Schumann was astounded by what he called the heavenly lengths (and he intended to emphasize the heavenly aspect). But there are also abysses that were probably as inexplicable for contemporary listeners as they are for us today: sudden stops, trills in the lowest registers, the funeral music of the second movement - and then again a carefree scherzo and a serene finale. On this album the monumental Sonata in B-flat major is combined with the three piano pieces D. 946.
Tracks:
1.1 Piano Sonata No. 21 In B-Flat Major, D.960
1.2 Three Piano Pieces, D. 946
Artist: Andrea Lucchesini
Label: Audite
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 4022143977663
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2020-03-06
Number of Discs: 1
Following the first installment of his three-part Schubert series, the Florentine pianist Andrea Lucchesini now approaches the sanctum of Schubert's keyboard music: the Piano Sonata in B-flat major D. 960, composed a few weeks before the composer's untimely death in November 1828. Over the last two decades, the 54-year-old pianist, who studied with Maria Tipo for many years, has increasingly devoted himself to chamber music and has also recorded the complete Beethoven sonatas. Both experiences influence his recording of Schubert's late work for the piano. Here, too, Lucchesini reveals a cosmos of colors and he revisits the tempi, emphasizing contrasts and dramatic curves. Chamber music has inspired him to develop a conversational style - often there is a sense of dialogue, announcement or even lively communication. Amongst the last three piano sonatas, the Sonata in B-flat major adopts a lyrical tone. But above all, Schubert takes time to develop his musical themes - Robert Schumann was astounded by what he called the heavenly lengths (and he intended to emphasize the heavenly aspect). But there are also abysses that were probably as inexplicable for contemporary listeners as they are for us today: sudden stops, trills in the lowest registers, the funeral music of the second movement - and then again a carefree scherzo and a serene finale. On this album the monumental Sonata in B-flat major is combined with the three piano pieces D. 946.
Tracks:
1.1 Piano Sonata No. 21 In B-Flat Major, D.960
1.2 Three Piano Pieces, D. 946
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