Credits:

Gervais / Purcell Choir / Vashegyi

Description:

Poetic Sensibility and Imaginative Schubert Sonatas by Eric Roux, winner of the 2018 Leeds International Piano CompetitionIt is difficult to describe how meaningful Schubert's music is. He was the ultimate artist in the purest sense of the word. Late in life, as death stared him in the face and all hopes and dreams were dashed, he continued to create one masterpiece after another.Eric Lu, an American pianist who won fourth prize at the 17th Chopin International Piano Competition in 2015 at the age of just 17, was born in 1997 in Massachusetts, USA, and is Chinese-American, he won the International German Piano Prize in 2017. And also the winner of the 2018 Leeds International Piano Competition! His slow, calm, and deep playing has been highly praised as "far above the level among young pianists". This Schubert album pairs two of his greatest sonatas, Sonata No. 14 in A minor, written in 1823, and No. 20 in A major, written in 1828, the last year of the composer's short life, and connects them with the 1827 Allegretto in C minor, D .915. Eric Roux has described Schubert as "the composer who most strongly moved me" and praised this "superb performance by a gifted musician who can explore the depths of piano literature with poetic sensibility and imagination." Warner Music Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Piano Sonata No. 20 in A D.959~I. Allegro
2.Piano Sonata No. 20 in A D.959~II. Andantino
3.Piano Sonata No. 20 in A D.959~III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio. Un poco piu lento
4.Piano Sonata No. 20 in A D.959~IV. Rondo. Allegretto
5.Allegretto in C minor D.915
6.Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor D.784~I. Allegro giusto
7.Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor D.784~II. Andante
8.Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor D.784~III. Allegro vivace