Barry Douglas - Franz Schubert: Works for Solo Piano: Piano Sonata in A minor, Piano Sonata in B major, Piano Sonata in A major

Barry Douglas� critically acclaimed series of Schubert piano works reaches its fourth instalment. For this recording, Douglas has chosen to present three piano sonatas from the middle of Schubert�s short life: No. 5 (D.537) and No. 11 (D.575) both composed in 1817, interspersed with the 15th sonata (D.664) composed just 2 years later. The three Sonatas all spring from a period where Schubert was experimenting with tonality, both in the sense of less usual keys (D.575 is in B major) and in terms of the relative keys of the movements, and sections within movements. Irrespective of this experimentation, Schubert�s incredible talent for melody and lyricism shines through each of these works, and is masterfully demonstrated in Douglas� interpretations. As with the previous three volumes in the series, the recording was made on a Steinway Model D in the Curtis Auditorium at the CIT Cork School of Music.