Schubert: Piano Sonatas - Volume 2 (The Middle Sonatas)
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Editor: Walburga Litschauer Instrumentation: Piano Binding: Paperback ISMN: 9790006539857 Size: 9.6 x 12.2 inches Pages: 150 Urtext / Critical Edition Description Schubert's piano sonatas written between 1818 and 1825 comprise four completed and five unfinished works. His breakthrough came with the Sonata in C Major D 840, known as the "Reliquie", the Sonata in A Minor D 845, printed in 1826 entitled "Première Grande Sonata" – and as such the first sonata of Schubert that was published – and the Sonata in D Major D 850. H. G. Nägeli wrote enthusiastically to Czerny a short time later: "I definitely count the piano composer Schubert among the good, even excellent ones". With the publication of the Middle Sonatas, the three-volume Bärenreiter Urtext edition of Schubert's piano sonatas is now complete. A detailed Foreword on the genesis and source situation as well as in-depth notes on piano playing in Schubert's time (including artic