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Schubert: Piano Sonatas
Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Malcolm Bilson
Schubert: Piano Sonatas
Genre: Classical
 
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Malcolm Bilson once gave a lecture-demonstration in which he said that of all the composers he played, Schubert gained most from being heard on an antique piano. According to Bilson, Schubert's phrases are designed for ins...  more »

     
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All Artists: Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Malcolm Bilson
Title: Schubert: Piano Sonatas
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hungaroton
Original Release Date: 1/1/2000
Re-Release Date: 9/19/1995
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Sonatas, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Romantic (c.1820-1910)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 789368243228, 599181315862, 5991813158628

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Malcolm Bilson once gave a lecture-demonstration in which he said that of all the composers he played, Schubert gained most from being heard on an antique piano. According to Bilson, Schubert's phrases are designed for instruments whose notes die away more quickly than they do on the modern piano. Whatever the reason, Bilson, here playing on a colorful-sounding Graf fortepiano from 1835, gives extremely effective and convincing performances of both of these major Schubert sonatas, which gain in transparency from the early instrument without losing their emotional force. Very highly recommended. --Leslie Gerber