WORKS FOR FORTEPIANO, VOL. III

Composer(s): Franz Peter Schubert

Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen
Reference: KTC1332
Barcode: 8711801101774
Format: 2 CD
Release date: 2007-11-19
SKU: KTC1332 Categories: ,

€ 21,50

A rediscovery of Schubert’s piano music, that is what Jan Vermeulen and the Nannette Streicher fortepiano offer the listener. Vermeulen has great affinity with Schubert and a thorough knowledge and understanding of the period. His Schubert is more surly, more dramatic and brittle and yet more funny, hilarious even. Fortepianist Jan Vermeulen wants to interpret the classical, romantic and impressionistic repertoire in a historically grounded and well-considered way. As a result, piano music is interpreted on period instruments that mostly belong to his own private collection, which now consists of seven fortepianos. His performances are marked by a constant search for authenticity. What makes Vermeulen’s performance remarkable is that he zeroes in on the passages where Schubert broke free of Beethovenian models and uses the unique qualities of the piano to highlight them. Nowhere is this more true than in the Andantino second movement of the Piano Sonata in A major, D. 959. The explosion of passion in the middle of this movement has no parallel in Beethoven, and Vermeulen pushes the fortepiano to its limits in an absolutely riveting performance.

CD 1

1. Sonata in A Minor, D. 845: I. Moderato
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen

2. Sonata in A Minor, D. 845: II. Andante, poco mosso
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen

3. Sonata in A Minor, D. 845: III. Scherzo, Allegro vivace
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen

4. Sonata in A Minor, D. 845: IV. Rondo, Allegro vivace
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen

5. Sonata in E Major, D. 459: I. Allegro moderato
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen

6. Sonata in E Major, D. 459: II. Scherzo, Allegro
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen

7. Sonata in E Major, D. 459: III. Adagio
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen

8. Sonata in E Major, D. 459: IV. Scherzo con Trio, Allegro
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen

9. Sonata in E Major, D. 459: V. Allegro patetico
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen

CD 2

1. Sonata in B Flat Major, D. 960: I. Molto moderato
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen

2. Sonata in B Flat Major, D. 960: II. Andante sostenuto
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen

3. Sonata in B Flat Major, D. 960: III. Scherzo, Allegro vivace con delicatezza
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen

4. Sonata in B Flat Major, D. 960: IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen

5. Sonata in B Major, D. 575: I. Allegro ma non troppo
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen

6. Sonata in B Major, D. 575: II. Andante
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen

7. Sonata in B Major, D. 575: III. Scherzo, Allegretto
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen

8. Sonata in B Major, D. 575: IV. Allegro giusto
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen

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WORKS FOR FORTEPIANO, VOL. III
€ 21,50

A rediscovery of Schubert’s piano music, that is what Jan Vermeulen and the Nannette Streicher fortepiano offer the listener. Vermeulen has great affinity with Schubert and a thorough knowledge and understanding of the period. His Schubert is more surly, more dramatic and brittle and yet more funny, hilarious even. Fortepianist Jan Vermeulen wants to interpret the classical, romantic and impressionistic repertoire in a historically grounded and well-considered way. As a result, piano music is interpreted on period instruments that mostly belong to his own private collection, which now consists of seven fortepianos. His performances are marked by a constant search for authenticity. What makes Vermeulen’s performance remarkable is that he zeroes in on the passages where Schubert broke free of Beethovenian models and uses the unique qualities of the piano to highlight them. Nowhere is this more true than in the Andantino second movement of the Piano Sonata in A major, D. 959. The explosion of passion in the middle of this movement has no parallel in Beethoven, and Vermeulen pushes the fortepiano to its limits in an absolutely riveting performance.