Elisabeth Leonskaja – Franz Schubert – Complete Piano Sonatas (2020) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Elisabeth Leonskaja feels life, people and music intuitively. Long standing friendships and continuous work on certain repertoire, like the Schubert Piano Sonatas, define the essence of her being. She doesn’t give up and looks for answers only in herself. Just like life, music is a pilgrimage. There is a spiritual goal and one should keep an open heart and listen to one’s own intuition, in order to advance, stay inwardly healthy and grow on this path. For her 70th birthday, eaSonus releases Leonskaja’s Schubert of today. Her Schubert breaths and conveys five decades of presence on stage, during which she always felt a great responsibility to her public. The big book format of this release (280mm/280mm) contains 4 Audio CDs with the last eight piano sonatas (D 784 till D 960), a Bonus DVD with a Mozart/Grieg two pianos program, in Memoriam and together at the piano with Sviatoslav Richter and a book with texts and 65 personal photographs about her life, her path in music and her thoughts about music, about Schubert as well as about Richter, her role model and friend.

It is with great happiness that we accompany Elisabeth Leonskaja’s pilgrimage and hope very much that this birthday present will make many even happier.

Tracklist

1. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in E Major, D.. 157: I. Allegro ma non troppo
2. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in E Major, D.. 157: II. Andante
3. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in E Major, D.. 157: III. Menuetto: Allegro vivace
4. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in E Minor, D. 566: I. Moderato
5. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in E Minor, D. 566: II. Allegretto
6. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in A Minor, D. 537: I. Allegro ma non troppo
7. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in A Minor, D. 537: II. Allegretto quasi Andantino
8. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in A Minor, D. 537: III. Allegro vivace
9. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in C Major, D. 279: I. Allegro moderato
10. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in C Major, D. 279: II. Andante
11. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in C Major, D. 279: III. Menuetto: Allegro Vivace
12. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in C Major, D. 279: IV. Allegretto (D. 346)
13. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in E Major, D. 459: I. Allegro moderato
14. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in E Major, D. 459: II. Scherzo. Allegro
15. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in E Major, D. 459: III. Adagio
16. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in E Major, D. 459: IV. Scherzo. Allegro
17. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in E Major, D. 459: V. Allegro patetico
18. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in A-Flat Major, D. 557: I. Allegro moderato
19. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in A-Flat Major, D. 557: II. Andante
20. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in A-Flat Major, D. 557: III. Allegro
21. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in E-Flat Major, D. 568: I. Allegro moderato
22. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in E-Flat Major, D. 568: II. Andante molto
23. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in E-Flat Major, D. 568: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
24. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in E-Flat Major, D. 568: IV. Allegro moderato
25. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in B Major, D. 575: I. Allegro ma non troppo
26. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in B Major, D. 575: II. Andante
27. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in B Major, D. 575: III. Scherzo. Allegretto
28. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in B Major, D. 575: IV. Allegro giusto
29. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in F Minor, D. 625: I. Allegro
30. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in F Minor, D. 625: II. Scherzo: Allegretto
31. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in F Minor, D. 625: III. Adagio (D. 505)
32. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in F Minor, D. 625: IV. Allegro
33. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in A Major, D. 664: I. Allegro moderato
34. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in A Major, D. 664: II. Andante
35. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Sonata in A Major, D. 664: III. Allegro
36. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Fantasie in C Major, D. 760 “Wanderer Fantasy”: I. Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo
37. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Fantasie in C Major, D. 760 “Wanderer Fantasy”: II. Adagio
38. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Fantasie in C Major, D. 760 “Wanderer Fantasy”: III. Presto
39. Elisabeth Leonskaja – Fantasie in C Major, D. 760 “Wanderer Fantasy”: IV. Allegro