Track Listing

1. Piano Sonata No. 21 In B Flat, D. 960: Molto moderato
2. Piano Sonata No. 21 In B Flat, D. 960: Andante sostenuto
3. Piano Sonata No. 21 In B Flat, D. 960: Scherzo. Allegro vivace con delicatezza
4. Piano Sonata No. 21 In B Flat, D. 960: Allegro ma non troppo
5. 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946: No. 1 In E Flat Minor - Allegro assai
6. 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946: No. 2 In E Flat - Allegretto
7. 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946: No. 3 In C - Allegro

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #72048 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

From Amazon.co.uk
This is a marvellous musical coupling: Schubert's overwhelmingly moving last Piano Sonata and the visionary set of pieces written a few months earlier. There are several outstanding performances of the Sonata currently available, including those of Schnabel, Lupu, and Curzon. For the Piano Pieces, the only performance of comparable stature in the current catalogues seems to be one by Kyoko Tabe (Denon), which has the same Sonata for coupling. Neither pianist is very heart-on-sleeve in any of this music, so if you want more overtly romantic Schubert, look elsewhere. But both Uchida and Tabe give us profoundly moving interpretations of all this music, each on such a high level that it's impossible to make a choice between them. I'd buy them both. --Leslie Gerber

Amazon.com essential recording
This is a marvelous musical coupling: Schubert's overwhelmingly moving last Piano Sonata and the visionary set of pieces written a few months earlier. There are several outstanding performances of the Sonata currently available, including those of Schnabel, Lupu, and Curzon. For the Piano Pieces, the only performance of comparable stature in the current catalogs seems to be one by Kyoko Tabe (Denon), which has the same Sonata for coupling. Neither pianist is very heart-on-sleeve in any of this music, so if you want more overtly romantic Schubert, look elsewhere. But both Uchida and Tabe give us profoundly moving interpretations of all this music, each on such a high level that it's impossible to make a choice between them. I'd buy 'em both. --Leslie Gerber

Un Essentiel amazon.fr
Mitsuko Uchida commence la dernière sonate de Schubert en partant de très loin. Le son est d'un pianissimo à peine audible, et s'amplifie progressivement. Son premier mouvement est très profond, malgré un toucher très léger, à fleur de piano. L'approche reste la même dans le deuxième mouvement, très lent, complètement intérieur. Le quatrième mouvement est très étrange, avec une main gauche presque mécanique et complètement distincte de la main droite. Très différente des autres grandes versions de la discographie, celle d'Uchida est très cohérente et, au final, très convaincante. Les trois Klavierstücke D 946, plus communs et moins convaincants d'un point de vue pianistique, sont d'une chaleur communicative : rythmiques, vifs, ils donnent une image plus légère de Schubert, qui contraste avec la douleur sans fond de la Sonate. -- Pierre Massé