Schubert Impromptus
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Composer or Director: Franz Schubert
Label: Decca
Magazine Review Date: 10/1984
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 67
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 411 711-2DH
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Impromptus, Movement: No. 1 in C minor |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer Radu Lupu, Piano |
Impromptus, Movement: No. 2 in E flat |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer Radu Lupu, Piano |
Impromptus, Movement: No. 3 in G flat |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer Radu Lupu, Piano |
Impromptus, Movement: No. 4 in A flat |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer Radu Lupu, Piano |
Impromptus, Movement: No. 1 in F minor |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer Radu Lupu, Piano |
Impromptus, Movement: No. 2 in A flat |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer Radu Lupu, Piano |
Impromptus, Movement: No. 3 in B flat |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer Radu Lupu, Piano |
Impromptus, Movement: No. 4 in F minor |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer Radu Lupu, Piano |
Author: Joan Chissell
''Rejuvenated'' was the word chosen by Michael Oliver when Brendel's oldish recording of the Impromptus reappeared on CD this April. Even before looking up that review I had reached the same conclusion. The sound seems less plummy while retaining its old warmth. Yet I still think Lupu's piano emerges even more clearly and purely—if only because totally free of all background. On the Brendel CD (re-mastered from original analogue recordings) the keenest ear may note just a trace of his emerging from the speaker. Musically, it's impossible to make a clear-cut recommendation. Maybe Brendel's Schubert is slightly more volatile, Lupu's more equable. But both artists make you fall in love with him all over again.'
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