Schubert: Sonates Pour Piano, D.845 & D.850: - Franz Schubert [CD]

Here are two vast and diametrically opposed sonatas composed a few months apart, in 1825. The 'First', in A minor, is dominated by the anxiety, harshness and vehemence of the discourse, the vigour of the rhythms. It foreshadows the dark ideas of Schumann's 'Kreisleriana'. And yet, in some of the variations of the slow movement, we seem to be at the heart of a Viennese salon with couples of dancers swirling around.

Disc 1
1. I. Moderato (Franz Schubert) - Philippe Cassard
2. II. Andante Poco Moto (Franz Schubert) - Philippe Cassard
3. III. Scherzo. Allegro Vivace - Trio. Un Poco Pi— Lento (Franz Schubert) - Philippe Cassard
4. IV. Rondo (Franz Schubert) - Philippe Cassard
5. Valse Noble No. 8 in a Major, D969 (Franz Schubert) - Philippe Cassard
6. Waltz in F Major, D365, No. 35 (Franz Schubert) - Philippe Cassard
7. Waltz in F Major, D365, No. 36 (Franz Schubert) - Philippe Cassard
8. I. Allegro (Franz Schubert) - Philippe Cassard
9. II. Con Moto (Franz Schubert) - Philippe Cassard
10. III. Scherzo. Allegro Vivace - Trio (Franz Schubert) - Philippe Cassard
11. IV. Rondo: Allegro Moderato (Franz Schubert) - Philippe Cassard