Ingrid Marsoner – Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899, 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946 & Allegretto in C Minor, D. 915 (2024) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Ingrid Marsoner – Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899, 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946 & Allegretto in C Minor, D. 915 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:02 minutes | 988 MB | Genre: Classical
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Ingrid Marsoner dedicates her new recording to Franz Schubert’s late piano works and juxtaposes the concert version “Vier Impromptus D 899” with the more intimate and much less frequently played “Three Piano Pieces D 946”. The Impromptus D 899 was written in 1827, about a year before Schubert’s death and close in time to “Winterreise” D 911. The composer was in a particularly dark mood at the time and certainly did not choose it by chance, and in keeping with the eerie, touching beauty of it Works in such distant keys as G flat major for the third piece. The “Three Piano Pieces D 946” were written in 1828, the year Franz Schubert died. They were not published during his lifetime and were only discovered and published by Johannes Brahms. At the end of his life, Franz Schubert studied counterpoint intensively and even attended a lesson with Simon Sechter, the first music theory teacher in Vienna. Particularly in the middle section of the first piano piece one can discover a polyphony that was surprising for the composer. The CD ends with Allegretto in C minor D 915, which was also written shortly before his death at the age of 31.The Four Impromptus, D.899, Op.90 and the Moments Musicaux, D.780, Op.94 are essential pieces in Franz Schubert’s abundant piano output. There are no rarities or forgotten nuggets in Alexandre Tharaud’s new recording on Erato, but rather a return to the roots of what characterises the music of the Viennese composer: lightness and spontaneity. The titles “Impromptus” and “Moments Musicaux” do not deceive the ear: Schubert knew better than any of his contemporaries how to seize the fleetingness of a moment and how to capture it in short pieces with a partially improvised feel. It was perhaps Robert Schumann who best described the music of his eldest son: “What is for everyone the diary in which one writes down one’s fleeting feelings and other thoughts, was for Schubert the sheet of music paper.

In addition to this programme, is a transcription for solo piano of the incidental music Rosamunde, Op. 26, D 797, written to accompany Helmina von Chézy’s play Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus. The dramatic work is now forgotten but the score remains famous. Tharaud shows a fine understanding of the original work, his transcription elegantly restoring the different sound planes of the orchestra. – Pierre Lamy

Tracklist:

1. Ingrid Marsoner – 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 1 in C Minor (09:21)
2. Ingrid Marsoner – 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 2 in E-Flat Major (04:46)
3. Ingrid Marsoner – 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 3 in G-Flat Major (06:02)
4. Ingrid Marsoner – 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 4 in A-Flat Major (07:52)
5. Ingrid Marsoner – 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946: No. 1, Allegro assai (07:46)
6. Ingrid Marsoner – 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946: No. 2, Allegretto (10:22)
7. Ingrid Marsoner – 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946: No. 3, Allegro (05:51)
8. Ingrid Marsoner – Allegretto in C Minor, D. 915 (04:58)

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