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Franz Schubert: Impromptus D899 & D935 | 
 enlarge | Creators: Franz Schubert, Krystian Zimerman
Label: Dg Imports
Category: Music
Buy New: $26.39
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 118596
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 028942361225
EAN: 0028942361225
ASIN: B000001G9G
Release Date: March 21, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | No. 1 in C Minor | | • | No. 2 in E Flat Major | | • | No. 3 in G Flat Major | | • | No. 4 in A Flat Major | | • | No. 1 in F Minor | | • | No. 2 in A Flat Major | | • | No. 3 in B Flat Major | | • | No. 4 in F Minor |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Sensitive readings from Zimerman February 3, 2007
Classical Lawyer (Columbia, SC)
Krystian Zimerman could play these pieces with one hand tied behind his back. Heck, even I can play these pieces (I have to use both of my hands, though). But Zimerman throttles back his magnificent technique and plays pure music. One commentator suggested that the readings are somehow too precious. Well, this is Schubert, and his music is nothing if not lyrical. If you can come up with a copy of this recording for less than $46(?), grab it. It's a real gem.
 I hear affectation, others hear reflection March 17, 2006
Santa Fe listener
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
It rarely works to give a negative review at Amazon, where people know what they like already. But I'm compelled to say that Zimerman takes an affected view of Schubert, using the simplicity of the Impromptus to display a wealth of precious tuoches. He's never met a melody he couldn't improve with halting rubato and a little sigh at the top of a phrase, nor a straightforward allegro he couldn't pull back just a touch. The result sounds maddening to me, yet I'm well aware that huge careers (Horowitz) and minor ones (Churkasky) have been built on worse distoritons. So I leave Zimerman to those who love him and feel relieved turning to the more natural style of Perahia, Uchida, and Brendel in this music--they've all made excellent recordings of the Impromptus.
How to make the piano sing. March 20, 2005
John Austin (Kangaroo Ground, Australia)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Everything that Schubert wrote seemed to have melody as its starting point. His piano music, so different from that of Beethoven, pulsates with this innate lyricism. The two sets of impromptus, not fiendishly difficult to play, require a pianist who can make the piano sing. Such a pianist is Krystian Zimerman. Indeed, his use of rubato and minute tempo fluctuations might seem excessive to some, especially in D 899 No 1, but I find them well-judged. Noting also Zimerman's velvet touch, and the warm DGG acoustic as recorded in 1991, I count this CD a total success.
Wonderfully reflective & intelligent performance December 16, 2003
chefdevergue (Spokane, WA United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Krystian Zimerman, for my money, is one of the most intelligent pianists of his generation, and he demonstrates this intelligence amply in this recording of the Schubert Impromptus.My main complaint with many recordings of the Impromptus is that pianists often break them down into their separate components and lose sight of the fact that each Impromptu is in fact part of a larger piece. One could even argue that Schubert may have considered all 8 Impromptus to be part of a single unified work (he did, after all, number the D935 Impromputs #5-#8!). Approached from this perspective, what appears to be two collections of miniatures becomes a single cohesive work, consistent with the other sprawling instrumental works of Schubert's last 2 years. Zimerman keeps the cohesiveness of the works intact, as he makes smooth transitions from one Impromptu to the next. Each Impropmtu is given the same thoughtful, reflective treatment. This as good a recent recording of the Impromptus as you are likely to find, that is if you actually can locate a recording.
 Good Performence December 25, 2001
Jian Zhuang (Granite Bay, CA USA)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Recording sound quality is excellent. Zimerman played very clean and with great musical flow. I would rate it 5 stars until I heard D899 No.4 and D935 No.3 played by Horowitz.
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