Schubert composed an incredible amount of music in the last year of his life, including the Impromptus and Musical Moments featured on this recording.
Performer Biography
After eight years of artistic exile, Vladimir Feltsman was granted permission to leave the Soviet Union and was warmly greeted at the White House upon his arrival in the United States in 1987.
Composition History
The titles 'Impromptus' and 'Moments musicaux' were invented by the publisher, not Schubert himself, to help sell the scores.
Compositional Technique
Schubert's Impromptus are carefully calculated works, conceived as connected sequences of compositions, with each set considered a single composition in four movements.
Performer Biography
Vladimir Feltsman, the pianist on this recording, was banned from public performance and had his recordings suppressed in the Soviet Union after applying for an exit visa in 1979.
Compositional Technique
Schubert was likely the first composer to write in the key of G-flat major, which is vital for the harmonic design of his Impromptus D. 899.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded by Nimbus Records at Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, UK, from October 9-11, 2021.
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