NEW CD:
Schubert: Piano Duets
The selections are:
- Allegro in A minor ‘Lebensstürme’, D947
- Divertissement über französische in B minor: Andantino Varié, D823/II
- Fugue in E minor D 952
- Rondo for piano duet in A major, D951
- Variations in A flat major on a original theme, D813
- Fantasie in F minor for piano duet, D940
Performed by Paul Lewis (piano) & Steven Osborne (piano)
Franz Schubert wrote as much music for piano duet as for solo piano. The most celebrated of these pieces, the Fantasie in F minor, with its heartbreaking opening melody and dramatic double fugue, is one of the great piano achievements of the early 19th century. This is one of Schubert’s most moving melodies! Sadness just flows from it, telling us of the great trials and disappointments of Schubert’s short life of 31 years. The rest of the works on this disc are somewhat less well-known but equally fascinating.
Who better to commit these works to disc than two of the brightest stars in the British piano scene, Paul Lewis and Steven Osborne? They team up for a selection of six of the composer’s finest duets, including the wonderful Fantasy in F minor, the Andantino varié in B minor, the Allegro in A-Minor, the Rondo in A, and the Variations in A flat. Those encountering Schubert’s duets for the first time will be amazed and moved by the beauty of this music!
This CD will be issued 11/9/2010
Here are two masters: Radu Lupu;Murray Perahia – Fantasia in F minor for Piano, Four Hands, D. 940 (Op. 103); second part
Tags: Schubert, Paul Lewis, Piano Duets