Giuseppe Bruno - Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 850 & D. 571 (Completed by G. Bruno) (2024)

Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata in D major D. 850, Op. 53, known as the Gasteiner, was written during August 1825 whilst the composer was staying in the spa town of Bad Gastein. A year later, it became only the second of his piano sonatas to be published.

The Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor D 571, was composed by Franz Schubert in July 1817. The sonata was first published long after the composer's death in 1888 by Breitkopf & Härtel.

The sonata is incomplete, consisting of only a single movement, and even that was abandoned by the composer before completion. Other hands, such as Paul Badura-Skoda Malcolm Bilson, Howard Ferguson, Noël Lee, and Martino Tirimo, have attempted to realise Schubert's assumed intentions. These hypothetical completions of the sonata have been drawn from such separately published pieces as the piece (usually assumed to be an Andante) in A major, D. 604, and the Allegro vivace in D major and Allegro in F-sharp minor, D. 570.

Tracklist
01. Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 53, D. 850 "Gasteiner": I. Allegro
02. Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 53, D. 850 "Gasteiner": II. Con moto
03. Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 53, D. 850 "Gasteiner": III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
04. Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 53, D. 850 "Gasteiner": IV. Rondo. Allegro moderato
05. Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor, D. 571 (Completed by G. Bruno): I. Allegro moderato, D. 571
06. Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor, D. 571 (Completed by G. Bruno): II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace, D. 570
07. Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor, D. 571 (Completed by G. Bruno): III. Andante, D. 604
08. Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor, D. 571 (Completed by G. Bruno): IV. Allegro, D. 570