Franz Schubert: Sonata In C Minor D 958: Piano: Instrumental Work

Newly engraved scholarly-critical performing edition.Detailed notes on performance practice (Ger/Eng).Practical page turns.Access to Schubert s drafts at www.baerenreiter.com.New Foreword (Ger/Eng) and Critical Commentary (Eng).Schubert s great C Minor Sonata D 958 was composed in 1828 just a few months before his death along with the late sonatas in A major (D 959) and B-flat major (D 960). Conceived as a triptych they constitute his musical testament to the Piano sonata genre.This scholarly-critical edition by Walburga Litschauer is based on the New Schubert Edition and presents thismasterpiece in a spacious new engraving. Notes on performance practice especially on pedalling and Schubert s distinctive manner of writing accents form a Foreword to the work. Rounding off the edition is a Critical Commentary which presents alternative readings of interest to performers. Schubert s drafts for all four movements of the sonata can be accessed on Bärenreiter s website.This new edition replaces our existing edition BA 5632.