Piano Sonata in A major D 959

Schubert Piano Sonata in A major D 959

Edited on the basis of the New Schubert Edition

Newly engraved scholarly-critical performing edition

Notes on performance practice (Ger/Eng)

Access to Schubert’s drafts on the Bärenreiter website

New foreword (Ger/Eng) and a Critical Commentary (Eng)

 Schubert composed his great Piano Sonata in A major just a few months before his untimely death in 1828. The balance this work strikes between lyrical melody, emotional intimacy and pianistic brilliance makes it a highlight among his sonatas, not least because of its poetic Andantino.

This scholarly-critical edition by Walburga Litschauer is based on the Urtext of the New Schubert Edition and uses the autograph manuscript as the prime source.  The edition is rounded off by a new foreword, valuable notes on performance practice as well as a Critical Commentary with information on performance-relevant alternative readings and Schubert’s notation of accents.
 
Schubert’s drafts of the A major Sonata can be accessed on Bärenreiter’s website.

This new edition replaces the existing edition BA 5633.