- Composer: Robert Schumann (8 June 1810 -- 29 July 1856)
- Performer: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
- Year of recording: 1957 (live at Royal Festival Hall, London, UK)
Faschingsschwank aus Wien (“Phantasiebilder“) {Carnival Scenes from Vienna}, for piano, Op. 26, written in 1839.
00:00 - I. Allegro (Sehr Lebhaft), B-flat major
09:47 - II. Romanze (Ziemlich Langsam), g minor
12:34 - III. Scherzino, B-flat major
14:47 - IV. Intermezzo (Mit Größter Energie), e-flat minor
16:56 - V. Finale (Höchst Lebhaft), B-flat major
Schumann’s “Faschingschwank aus Wien“ is a rather unusual work in five movements; it is more integrated than a suite, but not quite a sonata. He wrote the first four movements in Vienna, and the last on his return to Leipzig.
Eric Sams has noted that the word “Faschingschwank“ contains the letters ASCH SCHA in that order of appearance, and that Schumann used these notes in sequence as melodic material f
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