Beethoven & Schubert: The Last Sonatas

Featuring

Benjamin Moser
Ludwig van Beethoven
Franz Schubert

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Performer Biography

Benjamin Moser, the pianist on this album, was born in Munich in 1981 into a family of distinguished musicians.

Interpretation

Benjamin Moser was 31 years old when he first publicly performed Schubert's B-flat Major Sonata, the same age Schubert was when he composed it and died.

Performer Biography

Benjamin Moser was a finalist at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 2007, where he received the prize for the best interpretation of Tchaikovsky's music and the Audience Prize.

Interpretation

Pianist Benjamin Moser chose to record Beethoven's last piano sonata alongside Schubert's last piano sonata, a combination he notes is not often recorded on one album.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Beethoven, the composer, was completely deaf when he wrote his later works, including his last piano sonata, Op. 111.

Performer Biography

Pianist Benjamin Moser won first prize at the Artur Schnabel Competition in Berlin and was a scholarship recipient of the prestigious German National Academic Foundation.