Label : RCA
Format : Flac (image + cue)
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Badura-Skoda plays Schubert sonatas - The first CD release of a landmark edition
Paul Badura-Skoda is unquestionably the outstanding Schubert pianist of the 20th century, declared the Leipzig Volkszeitung in 2012. An astute interpreter, a sensuous singer on the keyboard, one who plumbs the notes fully yet treats each one with love and intelligent solicitude. Coinciding with the pianists 90th birthday, Sony Classical presents the first CD release of Badura-Skoda’s complete recording of the Schubert sonatas, an LP collector’s item ever since its original publication in 1971.
Encouraged by the Vienna-born RCA Victor executive George Marek, Badura-Skoda recorded all of Franz Schubert’s sonatas including his own completions of several works left unfinished by the composer between May 1967 and May 1971. A few of the sessions (which were produced by the incomparable Max Wilcox) took place in New York at RCA Recording Studio A, but most were held in the Vienna studios of Westminster Records president James Grayson. Badura-Skoda then was playing on a modern grand piano. In the 1990s, this ever-enterprising artist whose remarkable recording career continues to this day would remake the Schubert cycle using his own fortepianos.
When RCA released the complete set of sonatas on 13 LPs at the end of 1971, the Gramophone reviewer showered Badura-Skoda’s interpretations with praise: As a fellow Viennese he has the style in his blood and loves the music. Nothing is over-driven or inflated. Schubert for him is no would-be Beethoven: he conveys the music’s relaxed lyricism, its basic simplicity, emphasizing romantic dreams more than the stern, classical sonata heritage.
Now this very special set is available again, newly remastered from the original analogue masters for its first CD appearance as a 12-disc box.
• The first ever release of Paul Badura-Skoda’s legendary Schubert Sonatas cycle for RCA Victor on 12 CDs
• The complete recordings newly remastered from the original analogue masters using 24 bit / 192 kHz technology
• Includes the four Volumes of Sonatas released in September and October 1971 as well as alternate Versions, previously only available in the complete LP edition Victrola VICS-9001, released November 1970
• Booklet with a new essay by the pianist on his special relationship to the works, track listings with full discographical notes
• Facsimile LP sleeves and labels
Tracklist : Paul Badura-Skoda plays Schubert
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ReplyDeleteI do not know if " Paul Badura-Skoda is unquestionably the outstanding Schubert pianist of the 20th century"but he is really great. Thangs
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ReplyDeleteThis outstandig release from the 60ties shows Badura Skoda also in qur time
ReplyDeleteas a greut Schubert player.---By the way I have a problem with the most cue sheets. I cant open the tracks. Could you tell me why please. Best greetings. Trottar
Jesus, you ain't kidding. He's not even one of the better ones - he is merely "ok." If he were all that great this cycle would have never gone out of print, as it did for many years. I can think of at least a dozen other pianists of the 20th century who were better Schubertians. In no particular order:
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Schnabel
Kempff
Richter
Uchida
Lupu
Perahia
Schiff
Serkin
Kovacevich
Kuerti
Cooper
Probably at least a dozen more. And yes, I'm not including Brendel as he is also vastly overrated.
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ReplyDeleteI am amazed at the quality of argumentation of this critique and its relevance. Writing "I don't like" is just not enough and listing Schubertian pianists, most of whom have never recorded a complete cycle surely misses the point.
ReplyDeleteAnd beware of some arguments which can easily be reversed: if this cycle was so bad it would never have been re-issued! I can think of several reviews that are better than yours!
Great Work Thang. I'm not sure I like this pianist, but at least you gave us the choice.
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Thanks a million for this great repost. I'm looking forward to discovering this artist.
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