Franz Schubert’s Fantasia in F minor for piano four-hands D940 from his last year (1828) is, in short, the composer’s most beautiful work for any number of pianos or hands. I am not alone in this ...

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(34) Valses sentimentales, Movements: A Shani Diluka, Piano Franz Schubert, Composer (16) Deutsche Tänze and 2 Ecossaises, Movements: D Shani Diluka, Piano Franz Schubert, Composer (12) Waltzes, ...

The Sage Chamber Music Society presents Schubertiade: Celebrating the Music of Franz Schubert on Graf fortepiano Sunday, November 7, at 3 p.m. in Smith College’s Sweeney Concert Hall. After postponing ...

In classical music, referring to a composer as "great" or "canonic" might be done with the best of intentions. But a kind of calcification takes place, freezing that composer into something abstract ...

Maestro Michael Laus is exploring the relationship between the music of composers Franz Schubert and Franz Liszt with a piano recital at the Manoel Theatre on Saturday. The two composers had more than ...

The most poetic musician who ever lived? It’s hard to disagree with Liszt’s appraisal of Schubert, who, in his short life, used his astonishing gift for melodic and harmonic invention to create many ...

Sonata for Piano No. 1 Franz Schubert, Composer Georges Pludermacher, Piano Sonata for Piano No. 16 Georges Pludermacher, Piano Franz Schubert, Composer Sonata for Piano No. 9 Franz Schubert, Composer ...

The booklet essay is entitled “Confessions of a Convert”. András Schiff tells how, after initial scepticism, he was won over to playing Schubert on a period fortepiano. He now owns an 1820 instrument ...

YouTube has been very good for classical music. Before the Internet video site, many of the great virtuosos of the 20th century were merely the stuff of stories, with violinists like Jascha Heifetz ...

Franz Schubert wrote over 600 songs during his short life and, naturally, some have captured the attention of singers, pianists and listeners more than others over the decades. His top-shelf songs ...