Schubert - Sonata A major (Novitskaya) 1/2

Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, () EKATERINA NOVITSKAYA - Piano (Yekaterina Ervy-Novitskaya ) rec. 1974, moscow. 1: Allegro moderato 2. Andante in D major (starts at 7:35 ) Klaviersonate Nr. 13 in A Dur op. 120 Werkverzeichnis: D 664 (1819) Ekaterina Novitskaya is a Russian— born pianist who became in 1968 the youngest contestant and the first woman to win the Queen Elisabeth competition in Belgium. After 10 years of struggle, she was permitted to travel outside the Soviet Union, and defected to marry a pianist she had met at the competition. Tuesday, as a Belgian citizen, she made her New York debut at Town Hall. She did not make a strong impression, and (knowing of her earlier successes) one began speculating on reasons. The mighty program she chose - Mozart’s C minor fantasy and sonata, Schubert’s last sonata, and all the Chopin Ballades - might have daunted her; perhaps that was all. At any rate, she showed good basic t