Aljoša Jurinić - Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in A major D. 664, Op. posth. 120

Aljoša Jurinić (Alyosha Jurinic, b. 1989 in Zagreb) is a Croatian pianist. He is best known for winning the 16th International Robert Schumann Competition in 2012. He was also a prize winner of the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition in 2016 and the finalist of the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition 2015. https://www.aljosa-jurinic.com/ Wikipedia: The Piano Sonata in A major D. 664, Op. posth. 120 is a sonata for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert in the summer of 1819. Well regarded among pianists, the "Little" A major sonata is so called to distinguish it from the hefty 1828 sonata in the same key. It is the shortest among Schubert's complete sonatas. The manuscript, completed in July 1819, was dedicated to Josephine von Koller of Steyr in Upper Austria, whom he considered to be "very pretty" and "a good pianist". The lyrical, buoyant, in spots typically poignant nature of this sonata fits the image of a young Schubert in love, living in a summery Austrian countryside, which he also considered to be "unimaginably lovely". The A major sonata is straightforward, with a dulcet melodic opening. It was the first of Schubert's piano sonatas where the sonata form as perfected by his idol, Beethoven, does not seem wrestled with; rather, it is a "joyous breakthrough", a carefree triumph over strict rules of construction. Recorded in Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb, 2019, by Vinko Šincek.