Schubert: Piano Sonatas D.960 & D.958

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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Sonatas D.960 & D.958
Jenö Jandó (piano)

[ Naxos / CD ]

Release Date: Saturday 1 January 2000

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Franz Schubert was born in Vienna in 1797, the son of a school-master, whose path it seemed he might follow as an assistant teacher. He enjoyed a sound musical training as a cathedral chorister and when his voice broke in 1812 rejected the offered scholarship and further general education in favour of a career that allowed him more time for music. In 1814 he embarked on a course as a primary school teacher and the following year joined his father, although he showed no great aptitude for his new profession, which he was to practise intermittently, as need arose, for a year or so. The greater part of the remaining years of his life were devoted to music and to the company of his friends. By the time of his death in 1828 some of his music had been published and there was increasing interest in his compositions. Nevertheless he never held any official position in the musical establishment in Vienna and much of what he wrote was intended for the entertainment of his own circle, which included bath professional and amateur musicians, poets and painters.

Tracks:

Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960
Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor, D. 958