Schubert : Wanderer Fantasy, op. 15. Sofronitsky.

Piano International (Jan, 2013)
Equally excellent are the production values on Avi Music’s new disc of Schubert on the fortepiano featuring Viviana Sofronitsky, whose father Vladimir will be familiar to older pianophiles. The rather clattery tone of the instrument takes a bit of getting used to and, in a Wanderer Fantasy executed a touch faster than usual, does not always help clarity of articulation. Matters are easier in the two sets of Impromptus with their more lyrical, at times lilting, melodies. The variation-form B flat major Impromptu (D935 No 3), based on one of Schubert’s best-known tunes, is very neatly done. Sofronitsky’s strong interpretation of the set seems to support the view (first put forward …