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Schubert: Piano Sonatas II - Richter

Praga Digitals Reminiscences  PRD/DSD 350 067

Mono Hybrid

Classical - Instrumental

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonatas No.16 in A minor, Op.42 D845 & No.17 in D, op.53 D850

Sviatoslav Richter


A juxtaposition of the first and second Grande Sonates for pianoforte of 1825, one a melancholic, intimate effusion that does not smile; the other, brimming with frothy joy close to a stylised Tyrolienne, then a refined Ländler whose emotional invention heralds Bruckner, followed by a moderato as light as it is timeless in its innocent, inalterable gaiety. A portrait such as only Richter the painter knew how to compose.

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Recording

Analogue recording

June 14, 1956 (D 850), agreed by Svjatoslav Richter in Paris in 1993

Works (2)

• Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano No. 16 in A minor, D 845
• Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano No. 17 in D major, D 850

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