Schubert: Piano Sonata in A, Lieder

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Artist: Ian Bostridge
Composer: Franz Schubert
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-10-08
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
  1. I: Allegro
  2. II: Andantino
  3. III: Scherzo: Allegro Vivace - Trio
  4. IV: Rondo: Allegretto
  5. Pilgerweise
  6. Der Ungluckliche
  7. Auf Dem Strom - Timothy Brown
  8. Die Sterne

Music reviews of Schubert: Piano Sonata in A, Lieder

Music Review: Andsnes takes a superficial view of Schubert
Rating: 3 Stars

Compared to virtuosic piano writing, Schubert's is child's play (a commenter below begs to differ), but beneath its surface simplicity, we now recognize a mysterious emotional world that eluded earlier generations. Post-Schnabel, the first interpreter to bring out the deeper Schubert in the late sonatas, many pianists have twisted and turned Schubert's lyrical line to their way of thinking. Andsnes begins the great A major sonta D. 959 quite abruptly, with clipped accents that are almost ugly. He remains aburpt and brisk throughout this long movement, and I for one thoroughly disliked it. Brendel offers much the same dry approach, and I guess Andsnes' purpose is the same, to give us a 'classical' Schubert close to Haydn and free of sentimentality.

The Andantino is a melancholy song without words, and Andsnes does well not to drag the tempo to accentuate the melody's sadness. But I don't find his touch or phrasing anything special. Again, he remains on the surface, eschewing Schubert's romantic inwardness for the most part. There's no doubt, however, about his sensitivity and sincertiy, as Andsnes' admirers would be quick to point out. The Scherzo is well executed but a bit flat-footed compared to the brialliant display of Pollini, my favorite piansit in this work. To be sure, Andsnes jsutifies his approach with alert changes of moood from bar to bar, something this mercurial movement demands. He breezes into the Rondo finale with a straight-ahead tempo that deprives the theme of expression, which is a shame. As good as Andsnes is at balancing melody and accompaniment in the contrapuntal dance, he prettifies the music, returning Schubert to the miniaturist he most definitely isn't.

I've given my response to each movement in order to make clear that I am not anti-Andsnes. His Schubert grates on my nerves at times, because I know how much depth the same sonata has in the hands of Richter, Pollini, and Schnabel, among others. If I want to hear good but not great Schubert, I can always turn to Goode, Lupu, and Perahia. I disqualify Uchida for her fussy mannerisms. As for the add-on Schubert songs, a feature of this series, Ian Bostridge has a voice I cannot abide, so I am not qualified to comment on an artist whose fame will always baffle me.
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With this release, pianist Leif Ove Andsnes launches a project in which Schubert's piano sonatas are programmed alongside his songs, allowing the listener to here how the composer's large-scale instrumental works tap into the effortless yet intense lyrical sensibility that permeates his vocal music. Listen first to tenor Ian Bostridge gorgeously negotiate Auf dem Strom's difficult-to-sustain long lines (abetted by Timothy Brown's superb traversal of the solo part). Then play the big A Major Sonata's finale, and you'll realize that the movement is a lofty song without words. It would take an orchestra, however, to match the pent-up anguish Andsnes releases in the slow movement's cataclysmic climax, or a perky chamber ensemble to mirror the rhythmic spring with which he imbues the Allegro's gnarly imitative writing. Although Pollini, Arrau, and Goode bring greater dynamism and flexibility to this sonata, Andsnes' stylish intelligence and poised technique admirably serve the music and satisfy the soul. --Jed Distler

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