Hans Leygraf, piano

Three Schubert Recitals

Hans Leygraf (1920 – 2011) was one of Sweden’s foremost pianists. He gave his first public performance at the age of 9. His international breakthrough came in Zürich in 1946. He performed practically everywhere, in Europe, North America and the Far East, collaborating with the world’s most eminent conductors.

He became known to a wider audience not least through his numerous radio and television performances, and through his recordings. He was also a teacher of world standing, with several of the world’s best known pianists among his pupils, and he was a visiting professor at the Hochshule der Künste in Berlin.

Hans Leygraf carefully planned each of the CDs on this triple album, recorded in 1989 – 90 as self-contained recitals, ending with one of the the three posthumous sonatas from 1928. To these were added, at the beginning of each recital, one of the early sonatas, with a group of landler in between. The very first piece on each disc is a shorter and more rarely performed composition.

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    • CD 1
      • 1.
        Allegretto c-moll D 915 Music: Franz Schubert
        4'55
      • Sonat A-dur D 664
        • 2.
          Allegro moderato
          5'13
        • 3.
          Andante
          4'15
        • 4.
          Allegro
          5'50
      • 17 Ländler D 336
        • 5.
          nr 1 A-dur
          0'51
        • 6.
          nr 2 A-dur
          0'42
        • 7.
          nr 3 a-moll
          0'45
        • 8.
          nr 4 a-moll
          0'37
        • 9.
          nr 5 a-moll
          0'43
        • 10.
          17 nr 6 C-dur
          0'52
        • 11.
          nr 7 G-dur
          0'41
        • 12.
          nr 8 D-dur
          0'44
        • 13.
          nr 9 H-dur
          0'37
        • 14.
          nr 10 h-moll
          0'46
        • 15.
          nr 11 H-dur
          1'05
        • 16.
          nr 12 ess-moll
          0'34
        • 17.
          nr 13 b-moll
          0'48
        • 18.
          nr 14 Dess-dur
          0'30
        • 19.
          nr 15 Dess-dur
          1'00
        • 20.
          nr 16 Ass-dur
          0'40
        • 21.
          nr 17 Ess-dur
          0'59
      • Sonat c-moll D 958. op. post
        • 22.
          Allegro
          11'14
        • 23.
          Adagio
          8'17
        • 24.
          Menuetto: Allegro
          3'55
        • 25.
          Allegro
          10'28
    • CD 2
      • 1.
        Klavierstück A-dur D 604
        4'20
      • 2.
        Menuett ciss-moll D 600 & Trio E-dur D 610
        3'10
      • Sonat A-moll D 537 op. post. 164
        • 3.
          Allegro
          6'04
        • 4.
          Allegretto quasi andantino
          6'32
        • 5.
          Allegro vivace
          4'43
      • 12 Tyska danser (Ländler) D 420
        • 6.
          nr 1 D-dur
          0'59
        • 7.
          nr 2 A-dur
          0'44
        • 8.
          nr 3 D-dur
          0'41
        • 9.
          nr 4 A-dur
          0'34
        • 10.
          nr 5 D-dur
          0'44
        • 11.
          nr 6 A-dur
          0'43
        • 12.
          nr 7 E-dur
          0'36
        • 13.
          nr 8 A-dur
          0'41
        • 14.
          nr 9 D-dur
          0'48
        • 15.
          nr 10 A-dur
          0'37
        • 16.
          nr 11 D-dur
          0'48
        • 17.
          nr 12 A-dur
          1'51
      • Sonat A-dur D 959, op. post.
        • 18.
          Allegro
          11'40
        • 19.
          Andantino
          7'16
        • 20.
          Scherzo: Allegro vivace
          5'26
        • 21.
          Rondo: Alegretto
          11'34
    • CD 3
      • Två scherzi D 593
        • 1.
          B-dur
          4'10
        • 2.
          Dess-dur
          4'50
      • Sonat A-moll D 784 op. post. 143
        • 3.
          Allegro giusto
          9'40
        • 4.
          Andante
          3'40
        • 5.
          Allegro vivace
          5'40
      • 12 Ländler D 790 op. post. 171
        • 6.
          nr 1 D-dur
          1'38
        • 7.
          nr 2 A-dur
          0'54
        • 8.
          nr 3 D-dur
          0'42
        • 9.
          nr 4 D-dur
          0'45
        • 10.
          nr 5 h-moll
          1'19
        • 11.
          nr 6 giss-moll
          0'49
        • 12.
          nr 7 Ass-dur
          1'15
        • 13.
          nr 8 Ass-dur
          1'00
        • 14.
          nr 9 H-dur
          0'34
        • 15.
          nr 10 H-dur
          0'39
        • 16.
          nr 11 Ass-dur
          0'51
        • 17.
          nr 12 E-dur
          1'27
      • Sonat B-dur D 960 op. post.
        • 18.
          Molto moderato
          15'02
        • 19.
          Andante sonstenuto
          9'07
        • 20.
          Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza
          4'01
        • 21.
          Allegro, ma non troppo
          8'24
  • Total playtime 67'47

Compact Disc // CAP 21444 // Classical // Releasedate: 1 January, 1994