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Release Date: Thursday 1 October 2020
For his fifth volume of Schubert's piano works, Barry Douglas turns to a contrasting pair of sonatas composed in the 1820s. The A minor, from 1823, was composed whilst he suffered an episode of depression following the onset (and harsh treatment for) syphilis. The D major sonata, however, was written in 1825 on a holiday to Gastein in the Austrian Alps, and is musically more confident and extravert, reminiscent of the 'Great' C major Symphony, begun during the same trip.
Douglas completes his programme with a pair of Liszt transcriptions from Schwanengesang: 'Liebesbotschaft' and 'Ständchen'.
As with the other volumes in this series, Barry Douglas plays a Steinway Model D, and the recording was made in the Curtis Auditorium of the CIT Cork School of Musi
Piano Sonata, Op. post. 143, D784 (1823) in A minor [21:41]
1. Allegro giusto [12:56]
2. Andante [3:42]
3. Allegro vivace [4:57]
Piano Sonata, Op.53, D850 (1825) in D major • [40:21]
4. Allegro [vivace] - Un poco più lento - A tempo -[9:12]
5. Con moto [13:00]
6. Scherzo, Allegro vivace - Trio - Allegro vivace - Coda [8:38]
7.Rondo. Allegro moderato - Un poco più lento - A tempo - Un poco più lento [9:21]
8. Liebesbotschaft (1828) [3:12]
No.1 from Schwanengesang, D957
Transcribed for piano and published as No.10 from
Schwanengesang (Chant du Cygne), S560 (1838-39)
by Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
Quasi allegretto (Ziemlich langsam)
9. Ständchen (1828) [6:46]
No.4 from Schwanengesang, D957
Transcribed for piano and published as No.7 from
Schwanengesang (Chant du Cygne), S560
by Franz Liszt
Tempo rubato (Mäßig)
Total time: 71:44