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Impromptu No. 1 in C minor, D. 899/1; Op. 90 No. 1

182710 min

This guide follows Schubert’s Impromptu No. 1 in C minor, D. 899/1; Op. 90 No. 1 (1827) in one part (sonata form).

Recording: Grigory Sokolov (piano) (2013)

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Sonata form0:02–10:11

Two widely spaced G octaves open the piece and leave the uncertain, before the quiet, -like first begins. The enters in A-flat major, with triplets in the bass. The combines the with the triplet pattern, and then the first is back. The after it. The lets the die away and moves to C major, ending the piece in calm.

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