Franz Schubert is one of my favorite composers. The reason is that I experience amazing expressiveness and emotion in the works of this genius who died so young at age 31.
Pianist Jan Vermeulen was named Musician of the Year on the occasion of the completion of his Schubert cycle in 2010, and he also carried off one of the coveted Klara awards; several international music magazines described him at the time as an ideal interpreter of Schubert’s music.
It was only to be expected that a recording of Schubert’s works for piano duet would also soon follow. The search for a suitable duet partner did not cause Vermeulen too many headaches:
Veerle Peeters made her name as the founder of the Frescamente ensemble, which swiftly won prizes in the Almere International Chamber Music Competition in the Netherlands and in the Belgian Gouden Vleugels. She confirmed her reputation with an internationally praised CD of the piano works of the early 20th century French woman composer Mel Bonis.
Here are these two amazing artists in the 4th movement from Schubert’s Sonata in C-Major:
