Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 958-960

Featuring

Francesco Piemontesi
Franz Schubert

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Compositional Technique

In his final year's music, Schubert increasingly used cyclic features, such as linking separate movements through shared motives or literal theme returns, to create a single musical narrative.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Schubert's last three sonatas are considered to be among the most personal music he composed, full of beauty, sadness, life, and a premonition of death.

Critical Reception

Like many of his other sonatas, Schubert's last three piano sonatas were largely forgotten for nearly a century after their composition.

Composer Biography

During his final year, Schubert worked simultaneously on all three of his last sonatas, conceiving them as a set, making it his most ambitious compositional project.

Performer Biography

Pianist Francesco Piemontesi has been engaged with these works for over a decade, frequently performing them cyclically, and this recording reflects his long musical journey with them.

Composition History

Schubert's last three sonatas (D958, 959, and 960) were composed in 1828, during the final months of his life, but were not published until ten years after his death.