Beethoven & Schubert: The Last Sonatas

Featuring

Benjamin Moser
Ludwig van Beethoven
Franz Schubert

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Performer Biography

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

Performer Biography

Benjamin Moser won First Prize at the Artur Schnabel Competition in Berlin before graduating.

Performer Biography

Benjamin Moser, born in Munich in 1981, comes from a distinguished family of musicians.

Interpretation

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

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in April 2014 at the Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal in Cologne, Germany.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Beethoven, completely deaf by the time he wrote his later works, could only 'listen' with his inner ear.

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.