Schubert's Unfinished
Few pianists can complete Schubert’s unfinished piano works with real authority. Ian Munro brings compositional craft to the task, and plays with precision, clarity and insight. This is the first of two discs devoted to the repertoire.
The programme centres on two unfinished piano sonatas: the C major Reliquie and a reconstructed F sharp minor sonata assembled from related fragments, with Munro supplying completions where the manuscripts break off.
Shorter pieces in C major and C minor, including the Fantasy, D.605, complete the disc. The recording was made in July 1994 at Studio 200, ABC Sydney.
Artists
Ian Munro
Ian Munro has emerged as one of Australia’s most distinguished and awarded musicians, a pianist and composer whose career has taken him to thirty countries across Europe, Asia, North America and Australasia.
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert (1797–1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. In only thirty-one years he left a vast body of work, including over six hundred Lieder, and remains among the most frequently performed composers.
Tracks
- Moderato 15:35
- Andante 9:44
- Menuetto & Trio 6:07
- Rondo 11:20
- Allegro moderato 4:16
- Andante 4:40
- Scherzo & Trio 2:38
- Allegro 5:07
- Andantino in C major, D.348 Franz Schubert 4:26
- Allegretto in C minor, D.900 Franz Schubert 5:20
- Fantasy in C major, D.605 Franz Schubert 9:33
Sonata in C, 'Reliquie', D.840 Franz Schubert
Sonata in F♯ minor, D.570/604/571 Franz Schubert
Performers
- Ian Munro · piano
Contributors
Artwork [Cover]
Bill Leak
Bill Leak supplied cover art and illustrations across Tall Poppies chamber, piano and song discs, from an irreverent Mozart cartoon to quieter painted sleeves that sit beside Australian and classical programmes without drowning them out.
Technician [Piano]
David Kinney
David Kinney is the piano technician whose preparation underpins a wide stretch of Tall Poppies piano sound, from late Beethoven and Debussy to Janáček, Schubert and contemporary Australian repertoire. The instrument arrives ready for the music’s full colour and weight.
Where to listen
Schubert's Unfinished is available for streaming through Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.
Schubert's Unfinished is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.
Product details
- Catalogue number
- TP079
- Total playing time
- 78 minutes 46 seconds
- Producer
- Belinda Webster
- Recording Engineer
- Belinda Webster
- Venue
- ABC Studios, Sydney
- Credit
- Bill Leak
David Kinney - Release date
- 8 Nov 1997
- Label
- Tall Poppies
- Musical work
copyright - © 1997 Tall Poppies Records
- Sound recording
copyright - ℗ 1997 Tall Poppies Records
- Category
- Great Classics
- Genre
- Romantic & Impressionist
- Barcode
- EAN 9399011007926
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