Sonata for Piano C minor D 958

Composer: Schubert, Franz
Editor: Litschauer, Walburga
Instrument: for Piano
Publisher: Bärenreiter
Difficulty: 6
Description:
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 this masterpiece 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.

• 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)