(1989) Franz Schubert: Works for Piano 4 Hands Vol. II id_qobuz:Franz Schubert to resort to the piano

to resort to the piano tends to "modernise" his world

But look at the result

As a continuo player he has collaborated with such artists as Cecilia Bartoli

said that he would have learned to play the flute for these works alone

a light rather like the sun of Nordic summers

(1989) Franz Schubert: Works for Piano 4 Hands Vol. II id_qobuz:Franz Schubert to resort to the pianoIt is no longer that happy time of life when we see every object wreathed in the glory of youth, but that fatal recognition of a wretched reality which I endeavor, with my imagination, to embellish as best I can. You will find evidence of this in two works for four hand piano which I have already composed: a grand duo and a set of variations [D. 812, D. 813] on a theme of my own invention. The variations are proving to be an outstanding success. Franz