Schubert Sonatas D959 and D958

[LouisLee]

Your recommendations please for great recordings of D959 and D958.

I own CDs by Schnabel, Richter (D958) and Lupu, and I have heard CDs by Kempff and  Peraiah and Paul Lewis. 

I have made some nice Schubert discoveries recently – the two sonatas by Haskil for example, and the three by Fiorentino. So I am  kind of curious if there is anything good that I am missing in D958 and D959.

Schnabel's Schubert is my favourite!!!

[George]

Schnabel's Schubert is my favourite!!!

Welcome Louis. 

I plan to start a thread on this board about Schnabel soon. His Music and Arts set of Schubert works is new to my collection and I look forward to getting to know it better. His Beethoven is a delight!

[Mandryka]

Schnabel's Schubert is my favourite!!!

In D959 he certainly excells in the last movement.

But there are many other equally interesting performances of the rest of the symphony, I think. Lupu for example is clost to ideal. And the live Brendel has some great ideas in the second movement.

So you need to make a compilation CD maybe:

D959 first movement: Lupu
D959 second movement: Brendel live
D959 third movement -- not found anyone yet.
D959 fourth movement: Schnabel

[ezodisy]

D959 second movement: Brendel live

maybe someone can upload the live Sokolov performance. He has a thrilling second movement (if that's the slow movement)

[George]

maybe someone can upload the live Sokolov performance. He has a thrilling second movement (if that's the slow movement)

Sokolov Schubert D 959, Live

[ezodisy]

thanks George, I'm going to download the second mvt now (not my fav sonata)...

[Mandryka]

Sokolov Schubert D 959, Live

Well I've finally listened to it -- and I think the two middle movements are really very special.

I thought the first movement had some great things in it -- it sort of lightens up after about 7 minutes and becomes quite fantastic. But somehow it didn't hang together.

And I didn't much enjoy what he does with the last movement.

Thanks for uploading it.  I was pleasantly surprised by how good this performance is.

[Mandryka]

I'll just report that I have found an antedote to Richter's D958 in a nice performance by Youri Egerov.

There's also A Cd by Leif Ove Andsnes which is pretty good.

During this mini-explaration of Schubert piano sonatas I have found what is possibly my favourite Schubert piano performance of all -- I'll mention it here even though it is off topic. It's Zhukov's CD of the A minor sonata -- D784 -- on a very lovely disc with some Prokofiev and some Beethoven.

[Bunny]

For period instrument performances there are the recordings by Andreas Staier, fortepiano, that are oop.  The single disc with of the D958 and D959 is oop but not scarce,  but the  oop recording of all three of the late sonatas (includes a second cd with the D960) is almost impossible to find.  They are probably the best recordings on fortepiano.  The recording with D958 and D959 is usually being sold by an amazon vendor.

 

[rubio]

During this mini-explaration of Schubert piano sonatas I have found what is possibly my favourite Schubert piano performance of all -- I'll mention it here even though it is off topic. It's Zhukov's CD of the A minor sonata -- D784 -- on a very lovely disc with some Prokofiev and some Beethoven.

Which label is that on?

[Mandryka]

Which label is that on?

Live Classics.

Here's a link

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Igor-Shukov-Ludwig-van-Beethoven/dp/B000025FM1/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1240162470&sr=8-2

[rubio]

Live Classics.

Here's a link

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Igor-Shukov-Ludwig-van-Beethoven/dp/B000025FM1/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1240162470&sr=8-2

Thanks! I try it.

[Mandryka]

Thanks! I try it.

Hope you enjoy it!