Williams - Volume 3 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Sonata for Gallichone No. 1 in C Major Preludio 2. Sonata for Gallichone No. 1 in C Major Allegro 3. Sonata for Gallichone No. 1 in C Major Andante 4. Sonata for Gallichone No. 1 in C Major Menuet E Trio Da Capo 5. Sonata for Gallichone No. 1 in C Major Allegro 6. Sonata for Gallichone No. 2 in G Major Allegro 7. Sonata for Gallichone No. 2 in G Major Andante 8. Sonata for Gallichone No. 2 in G Major Gigue 9. Sonata for Gallichone No. 3 in B Flat Major Allegro 10. Sonata for Gallichone No. 3 in B Flat Major Adagio 11. Sonata for Gallichone No. 3 in B Flat Major Gigue 12. Sonata for Gallichone No. 4 in F Major Allegro 13. Sonata for Gallichone No. 4 in F Major Adagio 14. Sonata for Gallichone No. 4 in F Major Menuet E Trio Da Capo 15. Sonata for Gallichone No. 4 in F Major Gigue 16. Sonata for Gallichone No. 5 in B Flat Major Aria 17. Sonata for Gallichone No. 5 in B Flat Major Allegro 18. Sonata for Gallichone No. 5 in B Flat Major Menuet E Trio Da Capo 19. Sonata for Gallichone No. 5 in B Flat Major Gigue 20. Sonata for Gallichone No. 6 in G Major Entrée 21. Sonata for Gallichone No. 6 in G Major Menuet 22. Sonata for Gallichone No. 6 in G Major Scherzo 23. Sonata for Gallichone No. 6 in G Major Aria 24. Sonata for Gallichone No. 6 in G Major Finale 1 / 2 25. Sonata for Gallichone No. 7 in C Major Allegro 26. Sonata for Gallichone No. 7 in C Major Andante 27. Sonata for Gallichone No. 7 in C Major Allegro 28. Sonata for Gallichone No. 8 in G Major Entrée 29. Sonata for Gallichone No. 8 in G Major Menuet 30. Sonata for Gallichone No. 8 in G Major Gavotta 31. Sonata for Gallichone No. 8 in G Major Gigue 32. Sonata for Gallichone No. 9 in B Major Allegro 33. Sonata for Gallichone No. 9 in B Major Adagio 34. Sonata for Gallichone No. 9 in B Major All

Llyr Williams begins a new cycle of live concert recordings with Signum, following his acclaimed Beethoven cycle. Schubert's solo piano works chart the development of a composer whose later works, in Llyr Williams words, Inchcover a range of emotions to rival Beethoven's last sonatasInch. Beginning near the end, the first album opens with the Sonata No. 20 in A Major and Sechs Moments Musicaux - both published in1828 only a few months before his death. The encore comes from his 3rd Klavierstucke D. 946, popularized by Brahms 40 years later in 1868. Album Tracks 1. Sonata in a Major, D. 959 2. Sechs Moments Musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780 3. Drei Klavierstücke, D. 946 No. 3 in C Major

In a word I feel myself the most unhappy and wretched creature in the world. Imagine a man whose health will never be right again, and who in sheer despair over this ever makes things worse and worse instead of better... but I have tried my hand at several instrumental things... in fact, I intend to pave the way towards a grand symphony in this manner. These extracts from a letter of 1824 epitomize to me the paradox of Schubert, the manic-depressive composer. On the one hand his music has that world-weary element of profound grief - 'the most wretched creature in the world' - and on the other a life-affirming exuberance bordering on the manic that characterizes the Wanderer-Fantasie and parts of the D major sonata D.850. Here, Llyr Williams plays a collection of Schubert solo piano works across a series of releases, once again showing why he is one of the most diverse and extraordinary pianists performing today. Album Tracks 1. Sonata in B Major, Op. Post. 147 D. 575 2. Sonata in a Major, Op. Post. 120 D. 664 3. Sonata in a Minor, Op. Post. 142 D. 784