Schubert blues

[lagin]

Ack, I am so annoyed.  I finally found a Sonata the was the right length and my style for my exam - Schubert's A Major, D664, and guess what?!  My hands are too little.  So, does anyone have the sheet music for his a minor sonatas, D 784 and D 537?  I don't really want to buy ANOTHER Sonata and then find out my hands are too small.  I can do a tenth, but it is not easy at all, and I can't do it if I have to play something in between or hit it on a fast flying jump.  So yeah.  Can I play these two?  Does anyone know?
Thanks.

(Oh yeah, and which one should I do and why?)

[bearzinthehood]

Curious that you can do a 10th but you find your hands to small for Schubert?  What made you come to that decision, was there a specific passage?

[lagin]

Yep, bar 19, first movement for one!  The second chord there occurs earlier as well.

[cloches_de_geneve]

Hi - almost any pianist I've heard brakes those chords (arpeggiando) at the beginning of 664; they are near impossible to play as written, no superstar seems to care about braking them up. So, if you love 664, then go for it anyway. Just a little warning though: The final movement is more evil than it looks (have a look at bars 50 to 80 and around 100).

 If it is played well, rapidly, lightly, brilliantly, it can incredibly effective though.

784 is another great sonata; it also contains a few 10th if I remember well, but, in general it is a bit easier technically than 664, I would say, having played both them. Awesome piece, but just in a completely opposite mood in relation to 664, you go from joy and happiness into despair.

537 is musically less interesting in my opinion than the other two, technically it is definitely easier. 575 is a fascinating piece though ...The later sonatas are incredibly long, so I suppose not good for a competition.

hope this helps.