Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 959 & 960

The Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman brings his trademark lightness of touch and exquisite musical sensitivity to Schubert’s final two sonatas, written just months before the composer’s death in 1828 at the age of 31. Both of these undoubted masterpieces span the emotional spectrum, their dying composer reaching into the dark recesses of his soul one moment, before expressing his resignation to fate with music of radiance, tenderness and beauty. Zimerman deftly negotiates Schubert’s internal conflicts in a recording of staggering depth and richness.