Review: MusicWebInternational
CD 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5, E Flat Major Op. 73
[ 1 ] Allegro
[ 2 ] Adagio un poco mosso
[ 3 ] Rondo. Allegro
Franz Liszt
[ 4 ] Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra
George Gershwin
[ 5 ] Rhapsody in Blue
Carl Nielsen
Sonata for Violin and Piano, A Major Op. 9
[ 6 ] Allegro glorioso
[ 7 ] Andante
[ 8 ] Allegro piacevole e Giovanile
CD 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
[ 1 ] 32 Variations C Minor WoO 80
Franz Schubert
Wanderer Fantasy Op 15 D760
[ 2 ] Allegro con fuoco
[ 3 ] Adagio
[ 4 ] Presto
[ 5 ] Allegro
Selim Palmgren
[ 6 ] Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.2, The River
Frédéric Chopin
[ 7 ] Polonaise A Flat Major Op 53
[ 8 ] Scherzo C Sharp Minor Op 39
Franz Liszt
[ 9 ] Valse-Impromptu
Robert Schumann
[10] Aufschwung (from Fantasiestücke Op 12)
Johannes Brahms
[11] Hungarian Dance No 6, D Flat Major
Schiøler and Television ©
Very late in life, Schiøler presented a popular series of programmes on Danish television, introducing classical music to
beginners in the field. The last of these programmes was dedicated to Schubert.
Ib Hansen sang Der Wanderer and then Schiøler played the Wanderer Fantasy, which he never recorded commercially.
Probably recorded a couple of weeks in advance, the programme aired on 26 December 1966, and Schiøler died
less than two months later. Thus, one cannot expect a note-perfect account of the first defining work of Romantic virtuosity
from a mortally ill pianist. However, in both his spoken introduction and his performance, Schiøler
illuminates the connections between song and fantasy with rare insight.
RELEASE DATE: MAY 2020
CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 867-868
EAN: 5709499867686
