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Schubert: Piano Works / Alfred Brendel [7-CD Set]
Release Date: 01/11/2011
Label: Decca Catalog #: 478 2622 Spars Code: DDD
Composer: Franz Schubert
Performer: Alfred Brendel
Number of Discs: 7
Recorded in: Stereo
Length: 6 Hours 59 Mins.
EAN: 0028947826224
Works on This Recording
1. Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94 by Franz Schubert
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1823-1828; Vienna, Austria
2. Impromptus (4) for Piano, D 899/Op. 90 by Franz Schubert
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; Vienna, Austria
3. Impromptus (4) for Piano, D 935/Op. 142 by Franz Schubert
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; Vienna, Austria
4. Pieces (3) for Piano, D 946 by Franz Schubert
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1828; Vienna, Austria
5. Sonata for Piano in D major, D 850/Op. 53 "Gasteiner" by Franz Schubert
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1825; Vienna, Austria
6. Sonata for Piano in A minor, D 784/Op. 143 by Franz Schubert
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1823; Vienna, Austria
7. Sonata for Piano in A major, D 959 by Franz Schubert
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1828; Vienna, Austria
8. Hungarian melody for Piano in B minor, D 817 by Franz Schubert
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1824; Vienna, Austria
9. German Dances (16) and Ecossaises (2) for Piano, D 783/Op. 33: German Dances (16) by Franz Schubert
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1823-1824; Vienna, Austria
10. Allegretto for Piano in C minor, D 915 by Franz Schubert
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; Vienna, Austria
11. Sonata for Piano in C minor, D 958 by Franz Schubert
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1828; Vienna, Austria
12. Sonata for Piano in A minor, D 845/Op. 42 by Franz Schubert
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1825; Vienna, Austria
13. Sonata for Piano in G major, D 894/Op. 78 by Franz Schubert
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1826; Vienna, Austria
14. Sonata for Piano in C major, D 840 "Reliquie" by Franz Schubert
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1825; Vienna, Austria
15. Sonata for Piano in B flat major, D 960 by Franz Schubert
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1828; Vienna, Austria
16. Fantasy for Piano in C major, D 760/Op. 15 "Wanderer" by Franz Schubert
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1822; Vienna, Austria
Notes and Editorial Reviews
Alfred Brendel, one of the world's most famous and revered pianists, recently retired from the concert stage. In a career that spanned almost 60 years, Brendel played a large portion of the piano solo, chamber, and concerto repertoire in the world's great music capitals. On January 5, 2011, the pianist celebrated his 80th birthday.
Decca is proud to reissue, at an exceptional budget price, this Schubert set, reissues of Brendel's digital recordings of the composer's major piano works recorded in 1987-1988. A number of sonatas, impromptus, the ever famous Moments Musicaux and the "Wanderer" Fantasy are all included.
As Alfred Brendel celebrates his 80th birthday on 5 January 2011, Decca is marking this momentous occasion with FOUR major catalogue releases.
He's a legend of the piano world, revered and applauded the world over. For long an exclusive Philips Classics artist, Alfred Brendel is the recipient of the 2010 Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award. Famed for his peerless interpretations of Viennese classics, 2011 sees Brendel celebrate his 80th birthday and for it we present four iconic sets – available at budget price for the first time.
The third release to mark Alfred Brendel's 80th birthday, is a stunning reissue of Alfred Brendel's digital recordings of Schubert's major piano works recorded between 1987-88.
Including Moments Musicaux, Impromptus and the “Wanderer” fantasy, this second Schubert cycle comes in a 7CD boxed set, displaying Brendel's impressions of the masterworks of Schubert's last six years.
Mail on Sunday
30th January 2011
*****
“few pianists illuminate this music better”
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Produktinfo
Ein Kronjuwel der Klavierliteratur
Am 5. Januar 2011 feiert einer der bedeutendsten Pianisten unseres Jahrhunderts seinen 80. Geburtstag. Ob Studioeinspielung oder live im Konzert – Joachim Kaiser hält Brendel für den bedeutendsten Schubert-Interpreten der zweiten Hälfte des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts.
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