SCHUBERT F. - SONATAS V.3 URTEXT -

Schubert s 22 piano sonatas sketch a most illuminating picture of the prematurely departed composer and of his compositional path. From the first attempts of the gifted 16- to 19-year- old musician one can trace a continuous development leading to the five great sonatas which he wrote in the years 1823 and 1826, and finally to the three masterworks written shortly before his death, which place him on a level with Beethoven as a composer of sonatas.



The intensity with which Schubert approached the genre of the piano sonata meant that he left a large number of piano sonatas incomplete. Volume III of the three-part Henle Urtext edition contains next to the early sonatas from the years 1815-1818 the fragments completed by Paul Badura-Skoda, whose completions are highlighted each time by small cue notes. The Critical Report in the Appendix also provides precise information about the genesis of the individual works.



Sonata Sonata E major D 157 Piano 6 medium

Piano Sonata C major D 279/346 Piano 7 difficult

Piano Sonata (5 Piano Pieces) E major D 459 Piano 7 difficult

ABRSM: Piano Grade 8



Piano Sonata A flat major D 557 Piano 6 medium

Piano Sonata e minor D 566/506 Piano 7 difficult

Piano Sonata D flat major D 567 Piano 6 medium

Piano Sonata f sharp minor D 571/604/570 Piano 7 difficult

Piano Sonata C major D 613/ 612 Piano 7 difficult

Piano Sonata f minor D 625/505 Piano 7 difficult

Piano Sonata (relic) C major D 840 Piano 7 difficult

Appendix: Early version of the Sonata E major D 157, 1st movement D 154 Piano 6 medium

Appendix: Early version of the Sonata C major D 279, 3rd movement D 277A Piano 6 medium

Appendix: Fragment c sharp minor D 655 Piano 7 difficult

Appendix: Fragment e minor D 769 A Piano 5 medium

Appendix: Critical commentary



Revisión: BADURA-SKODA/THEOPOLD