Martin Helmchen * Schubert: Pno Sons Vol. 1 [New CD] Import Smash Palace resurrects the lost

Smash Palace resurrects the lost songs that would have been their 1987 follow-up

BWV 988~Aria

he narrowly escaped death in the fire at Oakland warehouse venue the Ghost Ship that tragically claimed the lives of 36 people

But while those beautiful recordings were solitary affairs

as Fanfare wrote enthusiastically

Martin Helmchen * Schubert: Pno Sons Vol. 1 [New CD] Import Smash Palace resurrects the lostMartin Helmchen embarks on a complete recording of Schubert's piano sonatas, with four double albums to be released between now and 2028, the bicentenary of the composer's death. He has waited until he was in his forties to embark on this adventure because, in his view, an artist needs maturity to meet the challenges posed by the radical contrasts in Schubert's sonatas: "constant virtuosity that is never needlessly complex, set against sober