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Musicweb-international. Schubert

February 14, 2015
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http://www.musicweb-international.com/ The late Schubert Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat Major, D960 (1828) [38:15] Drei Klavierstьcke, D946 (1828) [32:20] Oleg Marshev (pf) Danacord DACOCD 646 [70.09] For this release Danacord, the Danish-based independent label, have chosen Oleg Marshev as their soloist. He was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, then part of the former Soviet Union and also the birthplace of Rostropovich. Marshev trained with Valentina Aristova at the Gnesin School for highly gifted children and with Mikhail Voskresensky at the Moscow Conservatory where he completed his Doctorate in 1988. He was awarded the Diploma with Honour. Marshev plays these Schubert works on a Steinway Model D piano. Schubert wanted to dedicate his Piano Sonata No. 21 to Hummel but his...

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Classic FM. Schubert

February 14, 2015
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Classic fm The late Schubert Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat Major, D960 Three Piano Pieces, D946 Oleg Marshev (piano) Danacord DACOCD 646 Schubert's last few months were constantly plagued by syphilitic fits of giddiness, almost certainly the result of some ill-advised liaison some years beforehand. Despite this he hits just kept on coming, and included his Ninth Symphony ("Great"), his String Quintet and his final three piano sonatas. The B flat is the last of all Schubert's sonatas, and it is an unfanthomable achievement by a mere 31-year-old, from whom life was literally slipping away. Whereas some virtuosos choose to envelop the sonata in a haze of dreamy nostalgia, Oleg Marshev pays it as a valedictory statement in...

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The Late Schubert

February 12, 2015
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DACOCD 646 [DDD] The Late Schubert Oleg Marshev Piano Revisionist and compelling - Classic FM conveying the true spirit of the music - Musicweb International (more…)

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