The Dead Instrument Sonata

Mozart died at 35. Shubert was gone at 31, possibly from an STD and/or the treatment of it. He wrote a popular sonata for piano and a short-lived instrument called the Arpeggione. Today the piece is commonly performed on a cello, but it’s also played on a viola, as it is here in a lively performance on a Chandos CD I have.

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