Schubert: Piano Sonatas D840, 850 and 894; Impromptus D899; Klavierstücke D946

Paul Lewis(Harmonia Mundi, two CDs)Seven years have passed since Paul Lewis's last solo Schubert recording, and this latest collection coincides with his continuing series of Schubert recitals. It groups together the three sonatas of 1825 and 1826 – the earliest of them, in C major D840 just a two-movement torso, the others, in D D850 and G D894, perhaps the greatest of all the Schubert sonatas before the final trilogy. As Lewis's legions of admirers would expect, they are all superbly well ...

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