August 2021 – New album released by NAXOS

Posted on 11/09/2021 in News

New Album recorded by Wojciech Waleczek has just been released by Naxos.

https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.574135

 

SCHUBERT, F.: Rarities and Short Piano Works (Waleczek)

 

Among Schubert’s compositions are rare and overlooked works for solo piano that reflect staging posts of his short compositional life. As a boy he had studied with Salieri who almost certainly encouraged him to explore contrapuntal techniques in 1812 – the fugues and fugal expositions he wrote are testament to his secure grounding in the form. Schubert’s admiration for Mozart is clear in the Fantasy in C minor, while the substantial Two Scherzi, D. 593 show early mastery. Also included is the Allegro in E major, Schubert’s first, unfinished attempt at a piano sonata.