Schubert et alI love Schubert, and the recordings you mention, i.e., Volodos, Richter, Cooper, also Arrau and Brendel. To my ear, Cooper sounds very like Brendel, with whom she studied, and I mean this as a compliment.
Missing from this discussion is Kempff, who popularized Schubert. His recordings are limited by the technology of his time, but they stand up well for me; when I listen, I think of nothing else.
Did you know that Rachmaninov never heard of Schubert's sonatas? That is the darkness that Kempf illuminated.
Missing from this discussion is Kempff, who popularized Schubert. His recordings are limited by the technology of his time, but they stand up well for me; when I listen, I think of nothing else.
Did you know that Rachmaninov never heard of Schubert's sonatas? That is the darkness that Kempf illuminated.