Some of Franz Schubert’s piano sonatas suffer from longueurs, but the final two — in A major (D. 959) and B-flat major (D. 960) — are perfect works of genius written shortly before his death. The ...
The pairing of Schubert’s late Sonata in A Major, D 959, written in 1821, with four songs from 1821, 1823 and 1828 is unusual on disc but seems perfectly logical when one reads the liner notes, in ...