Klaviersonaten D 958 & 959

Album by Franz Schubert & Wilhelm Kempff

Klaviersonaten D 958 & 959 is an album of piano sonatas by Franz Schubert, composed in 1828. These late piano sonatas feature expansive lyricism, heightened chromaticism and large-scale structural contrasts between introspective slow movements and more animated sections, and they represent some of Schubert's final major works that helped shape nineteenth-century piano repertoire.
First released: 18th February 1987

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Sonata D 958 in C minor: I. Allegro
    8:42
  2. 2.
    Sonata D 958 in C minor: II. Adagio
    6:56
  3. 3.
    Sonata D 958 in C minor: III. Menuetto. Allegro
    3:51
  4. 4.
    Sonata D 958 in C minor: IV. Allegro
    10:32
  5. 5.
    Sonata D 959 in A major: I. Allegro
    10:49
  6. 6.
    Sonata D 959 in A major: II. Andantino
    7:33
  7. 7.
    Sonata D 959 in A major: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
    5:22
  8. 8.
    Sonata D 959 in A major: IV. Rondo. Allegretto
    12:00

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