Franz Schubert: Complete Piano Sonatas Elisabeth Leonskaja

Album info

Album-Release:
2019

HRA-Release:
02.10.2020

Label: eaSonus

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

Artist: Elisabeth Leonskaja

Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

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  • Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Sonata in E Major, D.. 157:
  • 1Sonata in E Major, D.. 157: I. Allegro ma non troppo08:10
  • 2Sonata in E Major, D.. 157: II. Andante07:35
  • 3Sonata in E Major, D.. 157: III. Menuetto: Allegro vivace04:25
  • Sonata in E Minor, D. 566:
  • 4Sonata in E Minor, D. 566: I. Moderato05:56
  • 5Sonata in E Minor, D. 566: II. Allegretto07:34
  • Sonata in A Minor, D. 537:
  • 6Sonata in A Minor, D. 537: I. Allegro ma non troppo10:57
  • 7Sonata in A Minor, D. 537: II. Allegretto quasi Andantino06:47
  • 8Sonata in A Minor, D. 537: III. Allegro vivace05:09
  • Sonata in C Major, D. 279:
  • 9Sonata in C Major, D. 279: I. Allegro moderato08:04
  • 10Sonata in C Major, D. 279: II. Andante05:50
  • 11Sonata in C Major, D. 279: III. Menuetto: Allegro Vivace03:44
  • 12Sonata in C Major, D. 279: IV. Allegretto (D. 346)08:08
  • Sonata in E Major, D. 459:
  • 13Sonata in E Major, D. 459: I. Allegro moderato06:32
  • 14Sonata in E Major, D. 459: II. Scherzo. Allegro05:21
  • 15Sonata in E Major, D. 459: III. Adagio06:40
  • 16Sonata in E Major, D. 459: IV. Scherzo. Allegro03:56
  • 17Sonata in E Major, D. 459: V. Allegro patetico07:41
  • Sonata in A-Flat Major, D. 557:
  • 18Sonata in A-Flat Major, D. 557: I. Allegro moderato03:58
  • 19Sonata in A-Flat Major, D. 557: II. Andante04:25
  • 20Sonata in A-Flat Major, D. 557: III. Allegro06:45
  • 21Sonata in E-Flat Major, D. 568: I. Allegro moderato09:59
  • 22Sonata in E-Flat Major, D. 568: II. Andante molto07:04
  • 23Sonata in E-Flat Major, D. 568: III. Menuetto: Allegretto04:32
  • 24Sonata in E-Flat Major, D. 568: IV. Allegro moderato09:42
  • Sonata in B Major, D. 575:
  • 25Sonata in B Major, D. 575: I. Allegro ma non troppo08:00
  • 26Sonata in B Major, D. 575: II. Andante06:04
  • 27Sonata in B Major, D. 575: III. Scherzo. Allegretto05:29
  • 28Sonata in B Major, D. 575: IV. Allegro giusto04:32
  • Sonata in F Minor, D. 625:
  • 29Sonata in F Minor, D. 625: I. Allegro09:01
  • 30Sonata in F Minor, D. 625: II. Scherzo: Allegretto06:00
  • 31Sonata in F Minor, D. 625: III. Adagio (D. 505)04:15
  • 32Sonata in F Minor, D. 625: IV. Allegro05:47
  • Sonata in A Major, D. 664:
  • 33Sonata in A Major, D. 664: I. Allegro moderato12:01
  • 34Sonata in A Major, D. 664: II. Andante04:38
  • 35Sonata in A Major, D. 664: III. Allegro07:34
  • Fantasie in C Major, D. 760 "Wanderer Fantasy":
  • 36Fantasie in C Major, D. 760 "Wanderer Fantasy": I. Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo06:03
  • 37Fantasie in C Major, D. 760 "Wanderer Fantasy": II. Adagio06:14
  • 38Fantasie in C Major, D. 760 "Wanderer Fantasy": III. Presto05:27
  • 39Fantasie in C Major, D. 760 "Wanderer Fantasy": IV. Allegro03:50
  • Total Runtime04:13:49

Info for Franz Schubert: Complete Piano Sonatas



Elisabeth Leonskaja feels life, people and music intuitively. Long standing friendships and continuous work on certain repertoire, like the Schubert Piano Sonatas, define the essence of her being. She doesn't give up and looks for answers only in herself. Just like life, music is a pilgrimage. There is a spiritual goal and one should keep an open heart and listen to one's own intuition, in order to advance, stay inwardly healthy and grow on this path. For her 70th birthday, eaSonus releases Leonskaja’s Schubert of today. Her Schubert breaths and conveys five decades of presence on stage, during which she always felt a great responsibility to her public. The big book format of this release (280mm/280mm) contains 4 Audio CDs with the last eight piano sonatas (D 784 till D 960), a Bonus DVD with a Mozart/Grieg two pianos program, in Memoriam and together at the piano with Sviatoslav Richter and a book with texts and 65 personal photographs about her life, her path in music and her thoughts about music, about Schubert as well as about Richter, her role model and friend.

It is with great happiness that we accompany Elisabeth Leonskaja’s pilgrimage and hope very much that this birthday present will make many even happier.

Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano



Elisabeth Leonskaja
has long been among the most celebrated pianists of our times. In a world dominated by commercial media, she has remained true to herself and to music, in the tradition of great Russian musicians such as David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels. Like them, she has always stood for the quintessence of music even under the most difficult political conditions. And like them, she has never been interested in showy appearances. On stage, however, she overwhelms the audience with the power of the music; this has been the substance and the goal of her life.

Born into a Russian family in Tbilisi, Elisabeth Leonskaja gave her first concerts at the age of eleven. While still a student at the Moscow Conservatory, she won prizes at major international piano competitions, including the Enescu Prize, the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition and the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Prize. Her musical development was decisively influenced by her collaboration with Sviatoslav Richter who recognized her exceptional talent and encouraged her by inviting her to play duo concerts with him. This musical and personal friendship continued until Richter’s death in 1997.

Leonskaja left the Soviet Union in 1978 and made Vienna her home. Since then, she has performed as soloist with the world’s finest orchestras and has worked with many renowned conductors. She is a regular guest at numerous international festivals, such as the Wiener Festwochen, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Schuertiade Schwarzenberg, the Spring Festival Tokyo and the December Nights in Moscow. Her name is also to be found among international recitalists in the most prominent piano series of major musical centers oft he world from Paris to Vienna to Melbourne.

In addition to her many solo engagements, chamber music remains an important part of her work. She has performed many times with string quartets, such as the Belcea, Borodin Artemis and Jerusalem quartets. She also had a longstanding musical friendship with the Alban Berg Quartet, and their piano quintet recordings are legendary.

Numerous LPs and CDs bear witness to the pianist’s high artistic level, and her recordings have repeatedly been awarded prizes. The most recent appeared on eaSonus (www.easonus.com). “Paris”, with works by Ravel, Enescu and Debussy, was named the Solo Recording of the Year 2014 by the ICMA Jury. “Saudade”, an homage to Russian culture with works by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff, was released in November 2017. A complete recording of Franz Schubert’s piano sonatas in two volumes of four CDs each has been available since April 2016 and May 2019 respectively. A double-CD with variations and sonatas by Robert Schumann followed in January 2020.

In her second homeland, Austria, Elisabeth Leonskaja is an honorary member of the Vienna Konzerthaus. In 2006 she was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class, for her outstanding service to the culture of the country. It is the highest award in Austria. In Georgia, she was named Priestess of Art in 2016, this country’s highest artistic honor. In 2020 she received the International Classical Music (ICMA) Lifetime Achievement Award.

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