Schubert: Impromptus D. 899 & D. 935

by Krystian Zimerman

Schubert: Impromptus D. 899 & D. 935 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1991
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Country: Poland
  • Length: 1:04:40
  • Community rating: 4.35/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Zimerman plays all eight of Schubert's impromptus, four in each of the two sets, in a recording made in February 1990. The Polish pianist had won the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw at eighteen, the youngest winner in its history at the time.

Genres

Descriptors: piano, virtuosic, melodic, delicate, unaccompanied-solo

Tracklist

  1. No. 1 C-moll = In C Minor = En Ut Mineur = In Do Minore. Allegro Molto Moderato (9:06)
  2. No. 2 Es-dur = In E Flat Major = En Mi Bémol Majeur = In Mi Bemolle Maggiore. Allegro (4:50)
  3. No. 3 Ges-dur = In G Flat Major = En Sol Bémol Majeur = In Sol Bemolle Maggiore. Andante (6:20)
  4. No. 4 As-dur = In A Flat Major = En La Bémol Majeur = In La Bemolle Maggiore. Allegretto – Trio (8:02)
  5. No. 1 F-moll = In F Minor = En Fa Mineur = In Fa Minore. Allegro Moderato (11:14)
  6. No. 2 As-dur = In A Flat Major = En La Bémol Majeur = In La Bemolle Maggiore. Allegretto – Trio (7:43)
  7. No. 3 B-dur = In B Flat Major = En Si Bémol Majeur = In Si Bemolle Maggiore. Thema. Andante – Var. I–V (11:28)
  8. No. 4 F-moll = In F Minor = En Fa Mineur = In Fa Minore. Allegro Scherzando (5:57)

Credits

  • Franz Schubert - primary artist, composed by
  • Krystian Zimerman - primary artist, piano
  • Helmut Burk - producer [recording producer], engineer [balance engineer]
  • Hanno Rinke - executive producer
  • Anne Rousselin-Lacombe - liner notes
  • John Reed - liner notes
  • Piero Rattalino - liner notes
  • Volker Scherliess - liner notes
  • Susesch Bayat - photography

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