Piano Sonata in A minor, D537 / Piano Sonata in A major, D959

Album by Franz Schubert & Garrick Ohlsson

This release pairs two piano sonatas by Austrian composer Franz Schubert, composed in 1817 and 1828. Together they illustrate Schubert's development as a pianist-composer, juxtaposing concise classical structures with the late-period's expanded harmonic language, lyricism and formal experimentation that helped shape nineteenth-century piano repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    Piano Sonata in A minor, D537: Allegro ma non troppo
    10:40
  2. 2.
    Piano Sonata in A minor, D537: Allegretto quasi andantino
    8:11
  3. 3.
    Piano Sonata in A minor, D537: Allegro vivace
    5:06
  4. 4.
    Piano Sonata in A major, D959: Allegro
    15:28
  5. 5.
    Piano Sonata in A major, D959: Andantino
    8:11
  6. 6.
    Piano Sonata in A major, D959: Scherzo: Allegro vivace
    5:58
  7. 7.
    Piano Sonata in A major, D959: Rondo: Allegretto
    12:22

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