Works for solo piano and flute and piano duo performed by pianists Seymour Lipkin and Paavali Jumppanen, and flutist Paula Robison.
The
name Franz Schubert is virtually synonymous with lieder, the German art song,
which he is widely credited with elevating to the highest level, deftly
marrying poetry and music. Some of Schubert’s best-known instrumental chamber
works are actually adaptations of his songs including the introduction and variations
on “Ihr Blümlein alle,” which is one of the final movements of Schubert’s cycle
“Die schöne Müllerin.” Schubert wrote 21 piano sonatas, but only three of these
were published during his lifetime, and Op. 78 was one of the few to make the
cut. The piece was published as a “fantasy”, apparently because the publisher
feared that the tranquil first movement was so different from the typical sonata
opener that it would confuse customers.
