Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata no.20 & Piano duets – Philippe Cassard, Cedric Pescia (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:20:37 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Classical
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Recorded: February 2014 in Paris (Paroisse protestante luthérienne « Bon-Secours »), France
Schubert’s frenetic work schedule, a challenge to his failing health, was certainly a reaction to the death of Beethoven in March 1827, which freed him from the shadow of that overwhelming authority figure. The four works presented here multiply the signs of acknowledgment and indebtedness.
“The a major tonality of the Rondo makes me think of two other late masterpieces, the clarinet works of Mozart’s final years (the Quintet and the Concerto). Of these three four-hands pieces, it’s the one that moves me most. The main theme is one of Schubert’s most perfect melodies, unbearably melancholic right up to the closing bars (which are somewhat reminiscent of the end of the Fantasy in F minor, but in a more resigned, tragic mode), during which Schubert takes leave of his theme and can never quite bring himself to come to a close . . .
In Lebensstürme we see Schubert the visionary: passionate, tumultuous, breathless. Beethoven is never far away, and there’s a pre-echo of Bruckner (the second theme!).
The Fantasy is an imposing structure that shows many different facets of Schubert: the sadness of the first theme, which goes through so many varied perspectives and keys (and where it’s impossible to say which of the two modes, major or minor, is the more poignant); the peremptory, capricious aspect of the Largo (with trills foreshadowing those of Mahler’s third symphony); the dance (a sort of valse noble et sentimentale) of the third movement; and finally the big (double) fugue, which stops abruptly on the dominant, before the final, heartrending, hopeless statement of the theme.” – Cédric Pescia
Tracklist:
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
Piano Sonata no.20 in A major, D959
1. I. Allegro 11:02
2. II. Andantino 08:11
3. III. Scherzo: allegro vivace 05:28
4. IV. Rondo: allegretto 12:28
5. Rondo in A Major, D. 951 11:27
6. Allegro in A Minor Lebensstürme, D. 947 11:18
7. Fantasy in F Minor, D. 940 18:04
8. Waltz No. 35, D. 365 00:57
9. Waltz No. 36, D. 365 01:42
Personnel:
Philippe Cassard, piano
Cédric Pescia, piano (#5-7)
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