Schubert: Piano Sonatas D537 & 959
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Garrick Ohlsson approaches both sonatas with a high sense of drama. This is big-boned pianism that rarely lacks immediacy or drive.
Schubert: Piano Sonatas D537 & 959
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
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Garrick Ohlsson approaches both sonatas with a high sense of drama. This is big-boned pianism that rarely lacks immediacy or drive.
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An inspired pairing of Schubert's first completed piano sonata with one of the sublimely expansive masterpieces from his final year. Garrick Ohlsson delivers rather special results.
Brahms CDA68334:
"Not for a moment did I feel I was in anything but the safest of Brahmsian hands.......I would welcome this disc into my library with open arms." - Gramophone
Elgar CDA68295: "With excellent recording quality throughout, this is in every respect an outstanding disc." - BBC Music Magazine
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April 2023
Garrick Ohlsson approaches both sonatas with a high sense of drama. This is big-boned pianism that rarely lacks immediacy or drive.
5th March 2023
the American’s performances are the attraction here, and very fine they are: sublime in the A minor’s allegretto; spacious, pinpoint and tempestuous in the A major scherzo.
