Daniel-Ben Pienaar - Schubert: 12 Great Piano Sonatas (2020)

Both on the concert platform and in the recording studio, pianist Daniel-Ben Pienaar is a completist. Following complete cycles of piano sonatas by Beethoven and Mozart, he presents here 12 great piano sonatas by Franz Schubert – the composer’s 11 finished sonatas and the seminal fragment D. 840. Pienaar relishes in these revelatory works, their extraordinarily detailed possibilities of characterisation, their call for immense energy and abandon, and navigating the vast dreamscapes that unfold in the course of this six-hour musical journey.
Tracklist
CD1
01. Piano Sonata in A Minor, D. 537: I. Allegro ma non troppo
02. Piano Sonata in A Minor, D. 537: II. Allegretto quasi andantino
03. Piano Sonata in A Minor, D. 537: III. Allegro vivace
04. Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major, D. 568: I. Allegro moderato
05. Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major, D. 568: II. Andante molto
06. Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major, D. 568: III. Menuett
07. Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major, D. 568: IV. Allegro Moderato
08. Piano Sonata in B Major, D. 575: I. Allegro ma non troppo
09. Piano Sonata in B Major, D. 575: II. Andante
10. Piano Sonata in B Major, D. 575: Scherz
11. Piano Sonata in B Major, D. 575: IV. Allegro giusto

CD2
01. Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 664: I. Allegro moderato
02. Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 664: II. Andante
03. Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 664: III. Allegro
04. Piano Sonata in A Minor, D. 784: I. Allegro giusto
05. Piano Sonata in A Minor, D. 784: II. Andante
06. Piano Sonata in A Minor, D. 784: III. Allegro vivace
07. Piano Sonata in C Major, D. 840 "Reliquie": I. Moderato
08. Piano Sonata in C Major, D. 840 "Reliquie": II. Andante

CD3
01. Piano Sonata in A Minor, D. 845: I. Moderato
02. Piano Sonata in A Minor, D. 845: II. Andante poco motto
03. Piano Sonata in A Minor, D. 845: III. Scherz
04. Piano Sonata in A Minor, D. 845: IV. Rond
05. Piano Sonata in D Major, D. 850 "Gasteiner": I. Allegro vivace
06. Piano Sonata in D Major, D. 850 "Gasteiner": II. Con moto
07. Piano Sonata in D Major, D. 850 "Gasteiner": III. Scherz
08. Piano Sonata in D Major, D. 850 "Gasteiner": IV. Rond

CD4
01. Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894: I. Molto moderato e cantabile
02. Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894: II. Andante
03. Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894: III. Menuett
04. Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894: IV. Allegretto
05. Piano Sonata in C Minor, D. 958: I. Allegro
06. Piano Sonata in C Minor, D. 958: II. Adagio
07. Piano Sonata in C Minor, D. 958: III. Menuetto (Allegro – Trio)
08. Piano Sonata in C Minor, D. 958: IV. Allegro

CD5
01. Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959: I. Allegro
02. Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959: II. Andantino
03. Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959: III. Scherz
04. Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959: IV. Rond
05. Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major, D. 960: I. Molto moderato
06. Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major, D. 960: II. Andante sostenuto
07. Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major, D. 960: III. Scherz
08. Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major, D. 960: IV. Allegro ma non troppo – Presto