Sonatas in A major & B flat major D 959 & 960
SCHUBERT Franz (1797-1828)
Ronald Brautigam (Fortepiano)
Label : BIS Records
Artikelnummer: BIS2624
1 SACD Hybrid Spielzeit : 081:39
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The sonatas are played here on a fortepiano built by Paul McNulty after an instrument from around 1819 by the Viennese Conrad Graf and presumably similar to the instrument on which Schubert composed. Although it is tempting to see Schubert's final works as the testament of a doomed artist who feels his end is nearing, the composer displayed vitality, optimism and a prodigious capacity for work. His last two sonatas also show that he had emancipated himself from the Beethovenian model.