Schubert: Piano Sonatas

CD1

1. Allegro, Ma Non Troppo
2. Allegretto Quasi Andantino
3. Allegro Vivace
4. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
5. Andante
6. Scherzo: Allegretto
7. Allegro Giusto
8. Allegro Giusto
9. Andante
10. Allegro Vivace

CD2

1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Scherzo: Allegretto
4. Allegro
5. Allegro Con Fuoco Ma Non Troppo
6. Adagio
7. Presto
8. Allegro
9. Moderato
10. Andante

This programme built on contrast offers two sonatas (nos.5 and 16) that are both Romantic and intimate, musical expressions of Schubert’s nocturnal universe. Between them comes the lively and colourful Sonata no.11. The impassioned atmosphere of Sonata no.13 is related to that of Beethoven’s Appassionata. The vehement and stormy climate of the ‘Wanderer’ Fantasy already heralds the great piano works of Liszt, providing a striking contrast with the meditative serenity of Sonata no 17.