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Composed in 1828, the final year of the composer’s short life, Schubert’s Fantasia in F minor is often described as the greatest of all works for piano, four hands. The Fantasia forms the centerpiece of the collaborative all-Schubert album from pianists Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou, who first performed it together in 2016. The recording includes Andsnes performing the Rondo in A, D. 951, and Chamayou in Schubert’s Lebensstürme and the Fugue in E minor, D. 952. Describing Schubert’s as “some of the most sensitive music there is,” Andsnes says “one really needs to feel total sympathy, physically and musically, with the other pianist.” Chamayou agrees, “It’s as if we have to become one, because we are both controlling the same instrument.” He adds, “Leif Ove and I both have this profile of being soloists, but also sharing music with others. … It’s very inspiring for us.”

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