Schubert: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.NI6298

By Vladimir Feltsman. By Franz Schubert. Classical. Listening CD. Published by Nimbus Records (NX.NI6298).

Schubert has been described as the last 'classical' and as the first 'romantic' composer, but it is really impossible to pin a meaningful label on him. He was and still is a very special case, a lonely figure in musical history, a dreamer who brought into music a degree of intimacy, despair, hope and disappointment previously unknown. Schubert was a sincere, shy and vulnerable man (though he did not lack confidence in himself as an artist) and his personality is clearly reflected in his music. Pianist and conductor Vladimir Feltsman is one of the most versatile and constantly interesting musicians of our time. His vast repertoire encompasses music from the Baroque to 20th-century composers. A regular guest soloist with leading symphony orchestras in the United States and abroad, he appears in the most prestigious concert series and music festivals all over the world. Mr. Feltsman's extensive discography has been released on the Melodiya, Sony Classical, and Nimbus labels. His discography includes eight albums of clavier works of J.S. Bach, recordings of Beethoven's last five piano sonatas, solo piano works of Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Messiaen and Silvestrov, as well as concerti by Bach, Brahms, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev. Mr. Feltsman is an American citizen and lives in upstate New York. "The recording by Nimbus is of irreproachable quality: warm, sonorous and spacious with just a welcome hint of reverberation. Hard to imagine better advocacy than that from Feltsman." Ralph Moore, musicweb-international.com "...clearly, one of the supreme Bach keyboard exponents of our time!" Chicago Tribune "...quite simply an amazing pianist!" The New York Times.

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