Pianowerken van Schubert by Schubert, Alates (2021/2021), Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, Netherlands

Schubert wrote his last three piano sonatas a few months before his death at the age of 31. They are among the greatest music for this instrument. Like Schubert, Elisabeth Leonskaja lived and worked in Vienna. This experience has brought her closer to the creator of the sonata D 959 and the previously composed Drei Klavierstücke and the Wandererfantasy, and increased her understanding of his music. According to the grande dame of the Russian piano school, Schubert's notes lead you to atmospheres that you would not otherwise enter. But it is Elisabeth Leonskaja herself who takes the listener in tow, through her subdued, slightly melancholy pianistic style, which always resounds with a longing for lightness.