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Schubert: Fantasy In F minor For Piano Duet; Grand Duo Sonata in C etc.

~ Sviatoslav Richter (Artist), Benjamin Britten (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (12 Jun 2000)
  • SPARS Code: ADD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Universal Classics
  • ASIN: B00004T2FW
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 67,617 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Fantasy in F minor, D. 940 (Op.103) for piano duet - Allegro molto moderato - Largo - Allegro vivace - Tempo I 4:22£0.79
Listen  2. Fantasy in F minor, D. 940 (Op.103) for piano duet - 2. Largo 2:20£0.79
Listen  3. Fantasy in F minor, D. 940 (Op.103) for piano duet - 3. Allegro vivace 5:50£0.79
Listen  4. Fantasy in F minor, D. 940 (Op.103) for piano duet - 4. Tempo I 5:08£0.79
Listen  5. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Tema 1:42£0.79
Listen  6. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Variation 1 1:24£0.79
Listen  7. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Variation 2 1:24£0.79
Listen  8. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Variation 3 1:46£0.79
Listen  9. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Variation 4 1:27£0.79
Listen10. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Variation 5 1:54£0.79
Listen11. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Variation 6 1:25£0.79
Listen12. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Variation 7 3:25£0.79
Listen13. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Variation 8 3:39£0.79
Listen14. Grand Duo Sonata in C major, D.812 (Op. posth.140) - 1. Allegro moderato13:13Album Only
Listen15. Grand Duo Sonata in C major, D.812 (Op. posth.140) - 2. Andante 9:46Album Only
Listen16. Grand Duo Sonata in C major, D.812 (Op. posth.140) - 3. Scherzo & Trio - Allegro vivace 5:40£0.79
Listen17. Grand Duo Sonata in C major, D.812 (Op. posth.140) - 4. Allegro vivace10:57Album Only


On this CD:
  1. Fantasie in F minor
    Composed by Franz Schubert
    with Sviatoslav Richter, Benjamin Britten

  2. (8) Variations in A flat
    Composed by Franz Schubert
    with Sviatoslav Richter, Benjamin Britten

  3. Sonata for Piano Duet, 'Grand Duo' in C
    Composed by Franz Schubert
    with Sviatoslav Richter, Benjamin Britten


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At music parties, piano duets are usually a thing to do rather than listen to, enthusiastic performances generally met with fixed smiles that wear a bit thin after a while. But in the right hands, the gems of the piano duet repertoire come alive, and you could not ask for two safer pairs of hands than those of Sviatoslav Richter and Benjamin Britten. The extraordinary thing about these performances is the sense of intimacy--you get the notion that the two players would have been just as happy making music with no audience whatsoever. But this sheer enjoyment of the act of music making communicates through performances that sparkle throughout. The recordings were made in the mid-sixties, and the sound is not so close as you would expect from a modern recording. But if you value musicality over audio brilliance, this is the recording to have. The best-known piece is the Fantasy in F minor, written in the year of Schubert's death. The opening is one of Schubert's most hauntingly beautiful melodies, his trademark major/minor shift used to full effect. --Keith Clarke

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4.0 out of 5 stars GOOD NOT GREAT, 1 Feb 2003
By DAVID BRYSON (Glossop Derbyshire England) - See all my reviews
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From such a duo I suspect I was looking for great things on a mid-price label. What I have got is bargain-label-quality recorded sound and good rather than great things.

We are not told who is playing primo and who secondo in any of these 3 live performances. I thought I ought to have been able to recognise Richter, but in honesty I'm not sure, at least yet. The variations may be new to me, and I like the performance without having anything to compare it with. The other two works are among Schubert's greatest, and I have slightly mixed feelings. In the F minor fantasy their tempo for the main refrain is faster than I am used to but it didn't take me long to adapt -- it is after all an allegro albeit heavily qualified. In the scherzo of the Grand Duo I shall find adaptation harder. It is a bit deliberate for ears used to the superb schwung and impetus of Brendel and Evelyne Crochet. Their speed in the last movement I doubt I shall ever accept -- it's way too fast. This movement manifestly inspired the final allegro non troppo of Brahms's piano quintet, and any sense of rush in either if them sets my teeth on edge.

I'm years out of date with the arguments regarding the identification of the lost Gastein symphony. It was once, maybe still is, thought to have been in C major, and Tovey argued that the Grand Duo was it. Tovey's normally reliable judgment was affected by his loyalty to Joachim, who had dressed it up in an excruciatingly dull Schumannesque orchestration. Anyone looking for a perfectly obvious symphony in piano score can find one easily in the so-called Reliquie sonata, which is in C major too. I don't know what the arguments against this are, but if dates and other considerations fit, surely a few genuine scholars must have made the equation before now.

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