Anselm Hüttenbrenner, an Austrian composer and friend of Schubert, made the first four-hand arrangement of Schubert's 'Unfinished' Symphony in 1853.
Compositional Technique
The 'Death and the Maiden' String Quartet's second movement is based on variations of Schubert's song 'Der Tod und das Mädchen,' using only the piano part and two different sections of the song for the theme.
Album & Artwork
This album, "The Unauthorised Piano Duos, vol. 3," is part of a series that includes first recordings of significant transcriptions of Schubert's masterpieces for piano duet/duo.
Compositional Technique
The finale of Schubert's 'Death and the Maiden' Quartet is a frenetic 6/8 tarantella, a dance popularly associated with death, which is technically demanding in both its original and transcribed forms.
Composition History
Robert Franz, a successful German organist, conductor, and composer of nearly three hundred Lieder, transcribed Schubert's 'Death and the Maiden' String Quartet in 1878 for piano four hands.
Performer Biography
Goldstone and Clemmow have performed the complete piano duets of Schubert in mammoth seven-concert cycles, which may be a world first in their completeness.
Performer Biography
Goldstone and Clemmow, the British piano duo performing on this album, formed in 1984 and are described as 'a British institution in the best sense of the word' by International Record Review.
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