Schubert: Rarities and Short Piano Works

 
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Rarities and Short Piano Works
Wojciech Waleczek (piano)

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Release Date: Friday 27 August 2021

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Among Schubert's compositions are rare and overlooked works for solo piano that reflect staging posts of his short compositional life. As a boy he had studied with Salieri who almost certainly encouraged him to explore contrapuntal techniques in 1812 - the fugues and fugal expositions he wrote are testament to his secure grounding in the form. Schubert's admiration for Mozart is clear in the Fantasy in C minor, while the substantial Two Scherzi, D. 593 show early mastery. Also included is the Allegro in E major, Schubert's first, unfinished attempt at a piano sonata.

Tracks:

2 Scherzos, D. 593
Fantasie in C Minor, D. 2e
Allegro in E Major, D. 154 (sketch of Piano Sonata No. 1 in E Major, D. 157: I. Allegro ma non troppo)
Fantasia in C Major, D. 605 (fragment)
March in E Major, D. 606
March in B Minor, D. deest
Piano Piece in C Major, D. 916b (sketch)
Piano Piece in C Minor, D. 916c (sketch)
Fugue in D Minor, D. 13
Fugue in C Major, D. 24a
Fugue in G Major, D. 24b
Fugue in D Minor, D. 24c
Fugue in C Major, D. 24d (fragment)
Fugue in F Major, D. 25c (fragment)
4 Fugal Sketches in B-Flat Major, D. 37a (excerpts)
Fugue in E Minor, D. 41a (fragment)
Fugue in E Minor, D. 71b (fragment)
Overture to Alfonso und Estrella, Op. 69, D. 759a