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Composer:
Franz Schubert

Artist(s):
Andreas Staier
Alexei Lubimov

Background: Shubert's musical training took place during the traditions of early Classicism. Beethoven, on the other hand, described the most disparate pieces as 'sonatas' and in doing so had redefined the genre for his own specific ends, investing it with an aesthetic ambition that it had never previously enjoyed. Schubert retained the nicely differentiated taxonomies of early Classicism throughout his career.

For Schubert, a 'sonata' was always a three-or four-movement work with an opening movement in textbook sonata form, followed by a slow movement followed in turn by a scherzo or minuet, with a sonata-rondo finale. Schubert's divertissements would also have to be described as three-movement sonatas. The justification for the title 'divertissements' must be sought, therefore, not in formal characteristics, but in thematic and aesthetic considerations. The term 'divertissement' means 'entertainment' and is used for sonatas making less elevated claims for themselves and which, like marches and dances, belong to the world of salon music. Schubert writes them in quite a different style from that of his sonatas, a style aiming at brilliance.

CATALOGUE NR: 2564608112
RECORD LABEL: Elatus
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 7.99 including VAT, or £ 6.80 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 23-Feb-2004

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TRACKS: Divertissement - piano duet D823. Divertissement a la Hongroise - piano duet D818.
ARTISTS: Andreas Staier   Alexei Lubimov    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: originally released 1998

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