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Fantasie in F minor
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Sviatoslav Richter, Benjamin Britten
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(8) Variations in A flat
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Sviatoslav Richter, Benjamin Britten
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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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