Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Franz Schubert’s last three piano sonatas ()

Franz Schubert piano sonata D. 958 D. 959 (33:12) D. 960 (1:14:32) Bis: Schubert Impromptu Op. 90 No. 3 (D. 899/3) in G-flat major (1:59:20) Interviewer: Do you feel that Schubert is one of the most essential composers throughout a life – that when you grow older, you feel more the closeness to death, the feelings of the later pieces? Ms. Leonskaja: I think I open more and more my heart, to get the breadth. From interview: