Two months before his death in 1828, Schubert completed four visionary masterpieces, including the C major string quintet and three large-scale piano sonatas (D958, D959, D960).
Composition History
Schubert composed three sonatas and began at least three more in 1817, hoping for immediate publication, but publishers were hesitant to issue works by a relatively unknown twenty-year-old.
Composition History
Schubert intended to dedicate his last three piano sonatas (D958, D959, D960) to composer-pianist Johann Nepomuk Hummel, but after Hummel's death, they were dedicated to Robert Schumann.
Performer Biography
Garrick Ohlsson, the pianist on this recording, won the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, bringing him worldwide recognition.
Composer Biography
Schubert gave up his studies with Antonio Salieri, a venerable Italian composer, because Salieri insisted he avoid 'the barbarous German language'.
Composer Biography
In 1817, at age twenty, Schubert abandoned teaching at his father's school and moved into the luxurious Viennese home of his friend Franz von Schober.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Schubert, a sensitive but modest pianist, could not follow Mozart and Beethoven as a composer-virtuoso, but aimed to emulate them by publishing sonatas for the amateur market.
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