Schubert: Sonata in C Major "Grand Duo" (Op. 140)

Schubert: Sonata in C Major "Grand Duo" (Op. 140)

Variations on an original theme in B flat Major (D. 603)
# THCD-37
Karl Ulrich Schnabel
Joan Rowland
This is the 1983 debut album of Joan Rowland and Karl Ulrich Schnabel as Duo Schnabel. Schubert's Grand Duo is a towering masterpiece for one piano, four hands. The work has the proportions and the quality of a major symphony. It is surely no less important than any of Schubert's symphonies, and the Duo Schnabel performs the piece in this recording with an orchestral approach, without sacrificing the pianistic sonorities. The Variations in B flat are light-hearted, charming, and brilliantly conceived for the piano.
This is a CD. We do not have vinyl.
Additional recordings featuring artists on this disc are available from TownHall Records:
Variations on an original theme in B flat Major (D. 603)
01 Variations on an Original Theme (Opus posth. 82, No. 2-D 603)
Sonata in C Major "Grand Duo" (Op. 140)
02 Sonata in C Major "Grand Duo" (Opus 140)
03 Andante
04 Scherzo
05 Allegro Vivace