A recital by Emanuel Ax at Carnegie Hall is always a celebrated occasion, each revealing new dimensions of “his greatness, his overwhelming authority as a musician, technician, and probing intellect” (Los Angeles Times). This thoughtful program is bookended by two Schubert compositions: the early A-Major Piano Sonata, whose performance by Ax has been called “exquisite” and “beautifully … sensitively played” by New York Arts; and the B-flat–Major Piano Sonata, which Ax performs with “a probing spirit that put[s] a spotlight on Schubert’s inventiveness” (The New York Times). Rounding out the program are selections by Liszt, including several of his inventive transcriptions of songs by Schubert.

Performers
SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 664

LISZT “Ständchen,” S. 560 from Songs of Franz Schubert

LISZT “Liebesbotschaft” from Songs of Franz Schubert

LISZT “Der Müller und der Bach” from Songs of Franz Schubert

LISZT “Ständchen,” S. 558, No. 9, from Songs of Franz Schubert

LISZT Au Lac de Wallenstadt

LISZT Vallée d’Obermann

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960