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Megumi Ito (piano)

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A bird's-eye view of the spirit that pervades Romantic music - Megumi Ito's "Schubert Piano Works". The fourth volume includes the masterpiece "Four Improvisations, D935," which represents the pinnacle of piano works, and "Piano Sonata No. 17," which marked the watershed for Schubert's last works. The latter is the second sonata published during Schubert's lifetime. The second movement, in particular, is out of this world, and is of such clear beauty and scale that it deserves to be called "heavenly. Ito's piano, with its rich nuances in every phrase, is a true expression of Schubert's music. The deepening continues. FONTEC