Piano Sonatas D.959 & D.960

Album by Franz Schubert & Krystian Zimerman

Piano Sonatas D.959 & D.960 are two piano sonatas by Austrian composer Franz Schubert, completed in 1828. Musically they combine Classical formal balance with emerging Romantic expressivity, featuring expansive structures, lyrical melodies, rich harmonic shifts and introspective slow movements, and they are among Schubert's final major piano works composed shortly before his death.

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  1. 1.
    Piano Sonata in A major D. 959: 1. Allegro
    14:13
  2. 2.
    Piano Sonata in A major D. 959: 2. Andantino
    7:36
  3. 3.
    Piano Sonata in A major D. 959: 3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
    4:51
  4. 4.
    Piano Sonata in A major D. 959: 4. Rondo. Allegretto
    12:12
  5. 5.
    Piano Sonata in B-flat major D. 960: 1. Molto moderato
    20:14
  6. 6.
    Piano Sonata in B-flat major D. 960: 2. Andante sostenuto
    10:32
  7. 7.
    Piano Sonata in B-flat major D. 960: 3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
    4:09
  8. 8.
    Piano Sonata in B-flat major D. 960: 4. Allegro ma non troppo
    8:14

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