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Fabulously Exuberant

Michel D'Alberto
plays Schubert -
heard by
HOWARD SMITH

'... contagious buoyancy and affection.'

Schubert: Impromptus and Ecossaises. Michel Dalberto. © 2011 Dal Segno Records

It seems reasonable to assume the Écossaises' brevity betokens music of minimal consequence. Not a bit of it. For such is Schubert's boundless melodic genius that each of the dozen portions captures the attention over and over. As if to reinforce their clarity and spirit, Michel D'Alberto performs each miniature with contagious buoyancy and affection...

Copyright © 17 January 2012 Howard Smith,
Masterton, New Zealand

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SCHUBERT: IMPROMPTUS AND ECOSSAISES

FRANZ SCHUBERT

DAL SEGNO RECORDS

FRANCE

AUSTRIA

PIANO MUSIC

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