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Garrick Ohlsson's Schubert! Early Sonata No. 4 and Late Sonata No. 20! American pianist Garrick Ohlsson, winner of the 8th International Chopin Piano Competition, has recorded three critically acclaimed Brahms albums, and now he records Schubert! The three critically acclaimed Brahms albums are now available on this new recording by Garrick Ohlsson, the American pianist who won first prize at the 1966 Busoni International Piano Competition, the 1968 Montreal International Competition, and the 8th International Chopin Piano Competition. Since moving to Hyperion, Allison has produced a diverse and brilliant array of albums including Brahms, Granados, Griffiths, Scriabin, Smetana, Debussy, Prokofiev, Bartók, and many more. After a series of brilliant and varied albums with Brahms, Granados, Griffiths, Scriabin, Smetana, Debussy, Prokofiev, and Bartók, Ohlsson finally recorded Schubert's piano sonatas.Ohlsson couples the Piano Sonata in A minor, D537 (No. 4), an early work written by the young Schubert, with the Piano Sonata in A major, D979 (No. 20), one of a trilogy of sonatas he completed just two months before his death. The two closely related works, with the theme of No. 4 also being quoted in No. 20, are rich in poetic insight and eloquence, and have all the elements one would expect from a true Schubertian. Expect Schubert's piano sonatas, whose wide range of emotional expression is beautifully realized by Ohlsson's skill. Tokyo M-Plus