Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Sonata No.16 (3rd and 4th Movement) - Schubert

Schubert Piano Sonate D958 c-moll,4th movement, Allegro Final

Live Concert played by Chloe CHIN in Rathaus,Schorndorf,Germany on Sep 22th,1992.


Downloadable sheet music: Sonata No.16 (3rd and 4th Movement) - Schubert

Ray Lev plays Schubert Sonata in C major D 840 "Reliquie"

completed by Ernst Krenek I. Moderato II. Andante (7:26) III. Menuetto - Allegretto (14:29) IV. Rondo - Allegro (18:09) Franz Schubert\'s Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major, D. 840, nicknamed Reliquie upon its first publication in 1861 in the mistaken belief that it had been Schubert\'s last work, was written in April 1825, whilst the composer was also working on the A minor sonata, D. 845 in tandem. Schubert abandoned the sonata, and only the first two movements of the sonata were fully completed, with the trio section of the third movement also written in full. The minuet section of the third movement is incomplete and contains unusual harmonic changes, which suggests it was there Schubert had become disillusioned and abandoned the movement and later the sonata. The final fourth movement is also incomplete, ending abruptly after 270 bars. The fragments of the sonata survived in Schubert\'s manuscripts, and later the work was collected and published in its incomplete form in 1861. Performances usually present only the two completed movements: 1.Moderato in C major 2.Andante in C minor Ernst Krenek wrote his completion at the request of his friend, the pianist and composer Eduard Erdmann, who wished to add the sonata to his repertoire. Krenek himself dated that request to 1922; other sources date his completion to 1921. Regardless, the work has appeared at least twice in that form on record: once in the aforementioned performance by Ray Lev on a set of 78 RPM disks issued by the ...