Schubert: Late Piano Sonatas - Leif Ove Andsnes

Schubert: Late Piano Sonatas - Leif Ove Andsnes - 2008

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Disc 1:

Piano Sonata in C minor, D958

Piano Sonata in A, D959

Disc 2:

Piano Sonata in B flat, D960

Piano Sonata in D, D850

"Whether read as a triology or three distinct works, viewed as the testament of one who knew himself to be dying or an uncanny mirror of the human condition written by a man with no premonition of his mortality, Schubert's last piano sonatas are as profound as those of Beethoven. Lief Ove Andnes's scrupulously articulated performance of the C minor, A major and B flat sonatas is a worthy addition to a groaning catalogue: less personalised than Uchida, less monumental than Schiff, a touch warmer than Brendel. Yet the stand out performance on this understated double-disc set is of the D major Sonata." 

(Anna Picard, The Independent, UK)

“This repertoire speaks to me in such a profound way. It strikes a chord in me in a way that no other music does.” - Leif Ove Andsnes

“This is a welcome separating of Andsnes's last Schubert sonatas from their couplings with Bostridge's way with some Lieder. These are noble accounts, but limited in an intensely competitive field.”

BBC Music Magazine, August 2008

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