Piano Sonata in F minor, D 625 (Schubert)

The Piano Sonata in F minor D 625 is a piano sonata written in September 1818 by Franz Schubert. The Adagio D. 505 is assumed to be its slow movement.

Movements

I. Allegro

F minor. Fragment (ends after the development with a cadence on B-flat minor)

The entire movement revolves around the rhythm of the first bars, and there is an extensive use of trills, an element which forms part of the initial motive. The second subject could be described as being "a consolatory version of the first."^[1] As is the case with other Schubert sonatas, the composer left the movement unfinished, breaking off at the beginning of the recapitulation. The movement has been completed by Paul Badura-Skoda, who recorded the sonata using his completed version. András Schiff recorded the movement as Schubert left it, without attempting to write an ending to it.

II. Adagio, D. 505

D-flat major

The adagio D. 505 is listed as the second movement of the sonata in a catalog of Schubert compositions (with incipits) put together by his brother.

III. Scherzo: Allegretto - Trio

E major

Misha Donat describes the movement as one "whose very distant key and full-blooded sonority following the much leaner texture of the first movement comes as a severe shock." ^[2]

IV. Allegro

F minor. Fragment (The left hand is missing from measure 201 to measure 270)

The choice of key and the turbulent writing, unusual for Schubert, indicate an affinity and influence from Beethoven's "Appassionata" Sonata, Op. 57. While Schubert left only a completed sketch of this movement, the soprano line allows the harmony to be easily reconstructed. ^[3]

Notes

↑ Donat, Misha.Schubert Piano Sonatas. András Schiff, piano. Digital Disc. The Decca Record Company Limited, London, CD 440 310-2 (1995), p. 7.
↑ Donat, Misha.Schubert Piano Sonatas. András Schiff, piano. Digital Disc. The Decca Record Company Limited, London, CD 440 310-2 (1995), p. 7.
↑ Donat, Misha.Schubert Piano Sonatas. András Schiff, piano. Digital Disc. The Decca Record Company Limited, London, CD 440 310-2 (1995), p. 7.

References

Tirimo, Martino. Schubert: The Complete Piano Sonatas. Vienna: Wiener Urtext Edition, 1997.

Piano sonatas (2 hands) by Franz Schubert
Preceded by Sonata in C major (D. 613)	Wiener Urtext Edition (21 Sonatas) No. 12	Succeeded by Sonata in A major (D. 664)
	21 Sonatas numbering system No. 11	Succeeded by Sonata in C-sharp minor (D. 655)
	23 Sonatas numbering system No. 13	Succeeded by Sonata in C-sharp minor (D. 655)

Piano compositions and sonatas by Franz Schubert

Two hands

Sonatas	E major–B major, D 157 C major–A minor, D 279 E major, D 459 E minor, D 769A A minor, D 537 (Op. posth. 164) A-flat major–E-flat major, D 557 E minor–A-flat major, D 566 D-flat major, D 567/568 E-flat major, D 568 (Op. posth. 122) F-sharp minor, D 571 B major, D 575 (Op. posth. 147) C major, D 613 F minor, D 625 C-sharp minor, D 655 A major, D 664 (Op. posth. 120) A minor, D 784 (Op. posth. 143) C major "Reliquie", D 840 A minor, D 845 (Op. 42) D major "Gasteiner", D 850 (Op. 53) G major "Fantasy", D 894 (Op. 78) C minor, D 958 A major, D 959 B-flat major, D 960

Fantasies	Wanderer Fantasy, D 760 "Fantasy" Sonata, D 894

Piano pieces	Allegro in E major, D 154 Minuet in A minor, D 277A Rondo in C major, D 309A Allegretto in C major, D 346 Fünf Klavierstücke (Five Piano Pieces), D 459 Drei Klavierstücke (Three Piano Pieces), D 459A Adagio in D-flat major, D 505 Rondo/Allegretto in E major, D 506 Scherzo/Allegro vivace in D major & Allegro in F-sharp minor, D 570 (Andante) in A major, D 604 Adagio in E major, D 612 Moments musicaux, D 780 (Op. 94) Impromptus, D 899 (Op. 90) & D 935 (Op. posth. 142) — Impromptus/Klavierstücke, D 946

Variations	Vaterländischer Künstlerverein II: Variation No. 38 on a waltz by Diabelli, D 718 Impromptu, D 935 (Op. posth. 142) No. 3 "Rosamunde"

Dances	Minuet in A minor, D 277A Valses Sentimentales, D 779 (Op. 50) — Valses Nobles, D 969 (Op. 77)

Four hands

Sonatas

violin and piano	Violin Sonata in A major "(Grand) Duo", D 574 (Op. posth. 162)

arpeggione and piano	Sonata in A minor for Arpeggione and Piano, D 821

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