Alfred Brendel - Schubert - Piano Sonata No 22 in A major, D 959

The Rondo theme is so warm and beautiful...

My favourite pianist. I so love how he plays Schubert.

Sheer poetry

I've always associated this sonata with Easter. So it's become something of a tradition for me to play this during Holy Week.

sehr schön :)

I've always associated this sonata with Bresson's masterpiece Au Hasard Balthazar

Isn't this Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 20?

*Sonata 20

RV

I do not know a more desperate piece of music than this Andantino played by Alfred Brendel.

Schubert vu du Ciel, c'est sa vie qui défile
Brendel nous emmène si loin dans le temps et l'espace

Withnail and I.

That 'Andatino' is wonderful , played as only Brendel can play it.

הכיסא של הפסנתרן צריך להיות עשוי מעור מחברות כמו הרמס ועבודת יד. עם רגלי כינור למעלה ולמטה. בארבעתם. לשבת ודרייל דיקטטוס.

Alfred Brendel is one of my all time favorite pianists; here he literally lives and breathes the music and it is glorious. The precision, fluidity, phrasing, pedalling and dynamic control are simply incredible throughout; he is fearless and flawless.

Alfred Brendel breathing Schuberts poetry!❤ This is, down to the smallest detail, the most meaningful interpretation, I ever heard!

There is a group of Schubert piano music played by Brendel that has firmly entrenched in me the belief that he is the supreme interpreter of this composer. This group includes the late Sonatas, Impromptus, Moments Musicaux, Klavierstücke and of course the almost superhuman Wanderer Fantasy. It appears that these great recordings available in You Tube were made more or less at the same time. But when? late 1970's? Where were they performed? The image and sound quality are indeed very good. I return to them time and time again. What artistry...

El Maestro!

Beautiful interpretation.
What are people’s thoughts on the second movement? It seems we go from this incredibly plaintive theme to absolute chaos.

The andantino...beyond words...

Beautiful, thank you.

Isn't this one also Sonata no. 20, D959 as well?

Why N 22? It’s sonata N 20.

He's not very good. he slurs over important passages in his hurry to finish the piece.

IO LEGGO TUTTI COMMENTI POSITIVI...IO DISSENTO: BRENDEL È SICURAMENTE IMPECCABILE MA ALGIDO....MARMOREO....SECONDO ME NON RIESCE A TRASMETTERE LA SOTTILE MALINCONIA CHE CARATTERIZZA LE ULTIME SONATE DEL DIVINO SCHUBERT!!!!

The 4 movement VERY beatiful

Sonata número 20

❤AQP

Corrigindo: Sonata N.20*

Merveilleuse interprétation de Brendel. Et coup de coeur surtout pour le 2ème mouvement. Quelle sensibilité, quel talent... Si je pouvais jouer ainsi... 😍

2ème mouvement : musique hypnotique qui me hante chaque nuit depuis longtemps.

My favorite pianist playing my most favorite Schubert! Thank you very much for posting. Lucky to be alive!

I’m 76 yrs. old and a classical music lover since my early teens…everything from Bach to Rachmaninov. It was not until a T.V. show in the 1990’s did I become a fan of Schubert, the show was “Wings.” The theme songs was the last movement of Schubert’s piano sonata 22. It is magical and Alfred Brendel’s interpretation is my favorite! Thank you “Wings” for bringing Schubert to my attention and I’ve since found more of his works that I adore❣

Only the most musical artists can play Schubert in such a fantastically comprehensible and exciting way, of course, with all the best pianistic characteristics. greetings from Croatia

Dans le genre aussi triste que l andantio , il y a la chanson de Mylene farmer " Ainsi soit je "
Je la ressens comme un hommage a schubert.

the sheer amount of tragedy in those few notes of the andantino is inconceivable. i always cry during that part and feel all of the energy in my body fall through the floor. written by a genius, played by a genius.

Some of Schubert's greatest music performed by one of his greatest interpreters. I can listen to this on a continuous loop...

Perché non esegue il ritornello nel primo Tempo?

It's so great that horowitz (for rach), rubinstein (for chopin)
and brendel (for german composers) were alive and recorded so great pieces. I am honored.

Prodigieux...Merci encore.

Undoubtedly my favourite piano sonata from Schubert. D960 comes a close second