Schubert left behind a vast collection of over 20,000 songs, numerous piano solos, and various orchestrated works.
If he had lived long, he would have remained the most prolific composer without any comparison.
When talking about him, one thing that cannot be left out is songs.
Needless to say, the quality of his songs is outstanding, and he is the best composer when it comes to melodies, so much so that he can be described as unrivaled.
Schubert's works have many similar points regardless of genre. It's the melody.
Schubert's piano works create an atmosphere through melody, and the melody clearly conveys his thoughts.
The simple yet powerful, concise yet diverse harmony evokes strange emotions that are difficult to express in words.
The author interprets Schubert's early works as the laughter of a rural child, his middle works as questions about the agony of life, and his later works as resignation, giving up, and death.
Schubert was not a great piano player.
There is a record that he played the piano well at a young age, but in reality, he did not have outstanding piano talent and was not a recognized performer compared to the virtuosos of his time.
So, if you look at his works, there are not many flashy techniques, but rather many works that feel like simple harmonic accompaniment to the melody.
Rather, this is a factor that makes Schubert's music more difficult. The composer's thoughts must be conveyed through pure melody, not through various techniques that highlight the melody.
It is correct to discuss his work's pure artistic quality rather than technique, and I guarantee that interpreting that artistic quality will be several times more difficult than the difficulty of technique.
It is the image of a child who is innocent but worn down by life, and is the image of a child who is smiling but crying at heart.
The Schubert I saw was like that.
The 10 works below are subjective selections, not objective selections.
Choosing 10 works from Schubert's works is as difficult as choosing 10 works from Beethoven.
■ Top 10 of SCHUBERT's Piano works (Solo)
SCHUBERT's Piano
D.576 _ 13 Variations on a Theme of Hüttenbrenner
01:11 Thema, X, XII, XIII / Cyprien Katsaris
D.664 _ Piano Sonata in A major
04:03 I. Allegro moderato / Dong-Hyek, Lim
D.760 _ Fantasie in C major
09:21 I. Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo / Seong-Jin, Cho
12:23 III. Presto / Seong-Jin, Cho
13:56 IV. Allegro / Seong-Jin, Cho
D.780 _ Moments musicaux
17:30 III. Allegro moderato / Jin-Woo, Park
D.899 _ 4 Impromptus
19:19 I. c minor / Ji-Yeong, Mun
22:28 II. E-flat major / Ji-Yeong, Mun
24:33 III. G-flat major / Ji-Yeong, Mun
27:40 IV. A-flat major / Ji-Yeong, Mun
D.935 _ 4 Impromptus
32:14 I. f minor / Ji-Yeong, Mun
37:00 II. A-flat major / Ji-Yeong, Mun
38:55 III. B-flat major / Ji-Yeong, Mun
44:17 IV. f minor / Ji-Yeong, Mun
D.946 _ 3 Klavierstücke
46:43 I. Allegro assai / Kun-Woo, Paik
53:51 II. Allegretto / Kun-Woo, Paik
D.958 _ Piano Sonata in c minor
59:52 I. Allegro / Seong-Jin, Cho
1:02:14 IV. Allegro / Seong-Jin, Cho
D.959 _ Piano Sonata in A major
1:06:28 I. Allegro / Dong-Hyek, Lim
1:10:01 IV. Rondo. Allegretto / Dong-Hyek, Lim
D.960 _ Piano Sonata in B-flat major
1:15:06 I. Molto moderato / Maria João Pires
1:21:28 II. Andante sostenuto / Maria João Pires
1:27:13 IV. Allegro ma non troppo / Maria João Pires
■ I worked with performances by Brendel, Zimmermann, and Richter, but due to the video being stopped, I am re-uploading it with a different performer's sound.
■ I think the selection of Beethoven's 10 sonatas will vary greatly from person to person. Let’s talk about the 10 works you think of.
18 сен 2024