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Brahms and Schubert

November 11, 2024, 6:00 am

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French pianist Alexandre Kantorow, winner of the Gold Medal at the 2019 Tchaikovsky competition,  presents his fourth solo album for BIS, and his ninth album overall. The centerpiece work is Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy, considered to be the most virtuosic composition in his entire output. Liszt transcriptions of five Schubert lieder include the song quoted in the Wanderer Fantasy, “Der Wanderer,” …

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Franz Schubert: “Wanderer Fantasy” in C, D 760
Five Schubert songs arranged by Franz Liszt
Johannes Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C, Op. 1