En rapprochant les sonates de Schubert et Weber, Paul Lewis dessine un portrait, tout en finesse de deux dramaturges emblématiques du romantisme germanique.
Door de sonates van Schubert en Weber tegenover mekaar te plaatsen, tekent Paul Lewis een subtiel portret van twee iconische toondichters van de Germaanse romantiek.
in Piano International (Mar, 2019)
Recordings from Paul Lewis are always to be relished due to their unfussy virtuosity, insightful interpretations and intriguing programming. On this latest disc, Schubert’s gentle Ninth Sonata – one of seven composed in 1817 – is heard alongside Weber’s near-contemporaneous Second Sonata, which gets top billing.
The two works are different in atmosphere and structure, not just size. Weber’s is perhaps the most introverted of his four Opus 39 sonatas, sometimes averred to be the first truly Romantic sonata sequence. There is a Beethovenian scale to the opening Allegro moderato, yet even in the quiet initial bars one can hear Weber opening up new expressive vistas – ones that would lead …
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