András Schiff, piano Schubert - Six moments musicaux D. 780 (Op. 94) 0:08 No.1 in C Major 6:25 No.2 in A Flat Major 12:49 No.3 in F Minor 14:46 No.4 in C Sharp Minor 20:11 No.5 in F Minor 22:41 No.6 in A Flat Major
This was among my favourite pieces when I was about 16/17. Schubert was there for me in my teenage angst years. Listening to it now at 41 it still allows me to feel through emotions like no other music.
Thank you, Sand Wolf. The first time I heard András Schiff play was in 1988, and his appearance was exactly as it is in this video. His playing - Bach concerti - mesmerised me. It still does.
Schubert's music is a mix of sweetness and bitterness, light and shadow, tenderness and disappointment, but it is always deep and sincere in its expression. Nothing rethorical or false can be found in this music.