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Schubert, Badura-Skoda
Piano Sonatas Complete
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Piano Sonata No. 1 in E major, D. 157: Allegro ma non troppo
2. Piano Sonata No. 1 in E major, D. 157: Andante
3. Piano Sonata No. 1 in E major, D. 157: Menuetto & Trio, Allegro vivace
4. Piano Sonata No. 2 in C major (unfinished), D. 279
5. Piano Sonata No. 2 in C major (unfinished), D. 279
6. Piano Sonata No. 2 in C major (unfinished), D. 279
7. Piano Sonata No. 2 in C major (unfinished), D. 279
8. Piano Sonata No. 2 in C major (unfinished), D. 279
9. Piano Sonata No. 2 in C major (unfinished), D. 279
10. Piano Sonata No. 3 in E major, D. 459
11. Piano Sonata No. 3 in E major, D. 459
12. Piano Sonata No. 3 in E major, D. 459
Track Listings (12) - Disc #2
1. Piano Sonata No. 3 in E major, D. 459
2. Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor, D. 537 (Op. posth. 164)
3. Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor, D. 537 (Op. posth. 164)
4. Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor, D. 537 (Op. posth. 164)
5. Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor, D. 537 (Op. posth. 164)
6. Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor, D. 537 (Op. posth. 164)
7. Piano Sonata No. 6 in E minor, D. 566
8. Piano Sonata No. 6 in E minor, D. 566
9. Piano Sonata No. 6 in E minor, D. 566
10. Piano Sonata No. 6 in E minor, D. 566
11. Piano Sonata No. 6 in E minor, D. 566
12. Piano Sonata No. 7 in E flat major, D. 568 (Op. posth. 122): Allegro moderato
Track Listings (11) - Disc #3
1. Piano Sonata No. 7 in E flat major, D. 568 (Op. posth. 122): Andante molto
2. Piano Sonata No. 7 in E flat major, D. 568 (Op. posth. 122): Menuetto & Trio, Allegretto
3. Piano Sonata No. 7 in E flat major, D. 568 (Op. posth. 122): Allegro moderato
4. Piano Sonata No. 8 in F sharp minor (fragment), D. 571: Movement 1
5. Piano Sonata No. 8 in F sharp minor (fragment), D. 571: Movement 2
6. Piano Sonata No. 8 in F sharp minor (fragment), D. 571: Movement 3
7. Piano Sonata No. 8 in F sharp minor (fragment), D. 571: Movement 4
8. Piano Sonata No. 9 in B major, D. 575 (Op. posth. 147): Allegro ma non troppo
9. Piano Sonata No. 9 in B major, D. 575 (Op. posth. 147): Andante
10. Piano Sonata No. 9 in B major, D. 575 (Op. posth. 147): Scherzo & Trio, Allegretto
11. Piano Sonata No. 9 in B major, D. 575 (Op. posth. 147): Allegro giusto
Track Listings (8) - Disc #4
1. Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major (fragment), D. 613
2. Piano Sonata No. 11 in F minor ('fragment'), D. 625: Allegro
3. Piano Sonata No. 11 in F minor ('fragment'), D. 625: Scherzo & Trio, Allegretto
4. Piano Sonata No. 11 in F minor ('fragment'), D. 625: Allegro
5. Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, D. 664 (Op. 120)
6. Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, D. 664 (Op. 120)
7. Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor ('Grande Sonate'), D. 784 (Op. posth. 143): Allegro giusto
8. Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor ('Grande Sonate'), D. 784 (Op. posth. 143): Andante
Track Listings (8) - Disc #5
1. Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor ('Grande Sonate'), D. 784 (Op. posth. 143): Allegro vivace
2. Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major ('Relique'), D. 840
3. Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major ('Relique'), D. 840
4. Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major ('Relique'), D. 840
5. Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major ('Relique'), D. 840
6. Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major ('Relique'), D. 840
7. Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D. 845 (Op. 42)
8. Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D. 845 (Op. 42)
Track Listings (7) - Disc #6
1. Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D. 845 (Op. 42)
2. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major ('Gasteiner'), D. 850 (Op. 53): Allegro vivace
3. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major ('Gasteiner'), D. 850 (Op. 53): Con moto
4. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major ('Gasteiner'), D. 850 (Op. 53): Scherzo & Trio, Allegro vivace
5. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major ('Gasteiner'), D. 850 (Op. 53): Rondo, Allegro moderato
6. Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major ('Fantasy'), D. 894 (Op. 78)
7. Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major ('Fantasy'), D. 894 (Op. 78)
Track Listings (7) - Disc #7
1. Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major ('Fantasy'), D. 894 (Op. 78)
2. Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major ('Fantasy'), D. 894 (Op. 78)
3. Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major ('Fantasy'), D. 894 (Op. 78)
4. Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D. 958: Allegro
5. Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D. 958: Adagio
6. Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D. 958: Menuetto & Trio, Allegro
7. Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D. 958: Allegro
Track Listings (10) - Disc #8
1. Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D. 959
2. Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D. 959
3. Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D. 959
4. Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D. 959
5. Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D. 959
6. Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D. 959
7. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D. 960: Molto moderato
8. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D. 960: Andante sostenuto
9. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D. 960: Scherzo & Trio, Allegro vivace con delicatezza
10. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D. 960: Allegro ma non troppo

CD Details

All Artists: Schubert, Badura-Skoda
Title: Piano Sonatas Complete
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Arcana Records
Release Date: 9/7/1999
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Sonatas, Historical Periods, Romantic (c.1820-1910), Symphonies
Number of Discs: 8
SwapaCD Credits: 8
UPC: 713746126421

CD Reviews

5-star All-around

P. Vlasi | The Moon | 11/06/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I won't comment on the musicianship of these performances, which I cannot find words to paise. I'd just like to comment that hearing this music on a pianoforte is a revelation! The effects produced carry *meaning*, it really makes a difference. On a modern piano, the sound is of course more lush, but expressiveness suffers. (I guess one corollary is that Schubert would have written differently if in possession of a today's piano.)"

Deja-vu

John Whiting | London | 08/24/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Over three decades ago I heard Paul Badura-Skoda perform the Schubert piano sonatas in a series of concerts in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. At the same time he gave intimate lecture-recitals in the much smaller Purcell Room, in which he discussed many of the works, playing illustrations, and then performing the movement in its entirety. At the time my wife and I often slightly preferred the performances he gave in the smaller space.

Some years later I bought the complete RCA set and prized them highly. Just this month I have finally found (through Amazon) a set of his later fortepiano recordings, sadly OP. I find to my eternal joy that they are more like those Purcell Room lecture performances. In the slow movements there is the intimacy, the introspection which must have charactarized the composer's own salon performances to a circle of his friends. Today these sonatas virtually belong to Badura Skoda--it is as if, for a time, he had become Schubert himself.

Watch for another set to appear and grab it when you can."