A sad, simple tune for voice and piano balloons into a showcase for piano alone. Which then morphs into a romantic barn-burner for piano and orchestra. In today's show, the story of Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy, and two composers who, thankfully, just couldn't leave well enough alone.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Schubert: Minuet No. 5 in C, D. 89
The Moscow Virtuosi, Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
The Aspen Chamber Symphony, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Leos Janacek: Piano Sonata, JW VIII/19 (1. X. 1905)
Charlie Albright, piano
Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
Franz Schubert (Orchestrated by Franz Liszt): Fantasy in C, D. 760 (Wanderer Fantasy)
Peter Roesel, piano, the French National Orchestra, Manlio Benzi, conductor
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Second movement from Quintet in E-flat for Piano and Winds, K 452
Marlboro Musicians
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Robert Schumann: Excerpts from Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Nicholas Phan, tenor, Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115
Marlboro Musicians
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
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