Franz Schubert: Piano Works Vol. 3

Romanian-born pianist Meira Farkas – a student of Wilhelm Kempff – appeared on stage at a young age with great artistic personalities such as Itzhak Perlman, Rudolf Serkin, Pinchas Zukerman and Pablo Casals. After two double CDs with piano works by Franz Schubert, which were enthusiastically received by audiences and critics, the great Schubert pianist Farkas now presents the third part of her Schubert recordings the third part of her Schubert recordings on Gramola. This includes the Piano Sonatas No. 1 in E major, D 157, No. 4 in A minor, D 537, and No. 14 in A minor, D 784, the four Impromptus op. 90, D 899, as well as three transcriptions of Schubert songs by Franz Liszt, Litanei (on the feast of All Souls), Erstarrung (from Winterreise), and Ständchen / Serenade (from Schwanengesang).

The well-known critic Karl Löbl wrote about the first of the Schubert albums with Meira Farkas: “Deeply felt, sovereignly shaped interpretations that one cannot get enough of … With her, the sonatas are never recital pieces, but lyrical or dramatic, sad, at times humorous monologues … Heaven so close.”