Schubert’s fragmentary and unfinished piano sonatas come from the period between 1815 and 1823. They are among his most innovative and puzzling works surviving, as it were, as experiments in composition while offering a fascinating insight into the composer’s creative process. This disc starts with Schubert’s very first sonata, continues with three fragments of sonatas remaining from his middle period, and ends with his last sonata fragment, an outstanding and progressive work that looks forward to the expressive world of Beethoven and Bruckner. Gottlieb Wallisch’s first recording of Schubert fragmentary Sonatas is available on Naxos 8.557189.

Franz Schubert

Piano Sonata No. 1 in E major, D. 157 (incomplete)

Wallisch, Gottlieb, piano


I. Allegro ma non troppo 00:07:33
II. Andante 00:07:18
III. Menuetto: Allegro vivace 00:03:53
Piano Sonata No. 8 in F sharp minor, D. 571, D. 570, D. 604

Wallisch, Gottlieb, piano


I. Allegro moderato, D. 571 (fragment) 00:07:54
II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace, D. 570 00:02:38
III. Andante, D. 604 00:04:49
IV. Allegro, D. 570 (incomplete) 00:03:02
Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, D. 655 (fragment)

Wallisch, Gottlieb, piano


Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, D. 655 (fragment) 00:02:51
Piano Sonata in E minor, D. 769a (D. 994) (fragment)

Wallisch, Gottlieb, piano


Piano Sonata in E minor, D. 769a (D. 994) (fragment) 00:01:04
Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major, D. 840, "Reliquie"

Wallisch, Gottlieb, piano


I. Moderato 00:12:09
II. Andante 00:10:09
III. Menuetto: Allegretto (incomplete) 00:04:06
IV. Rondo: Allegro (incomplete) 00:04:56



Total Playing Time: 01:12:22