Schubert to Bartok on a Bösendorfer Piano

Stephen Szirmai
A selection of piano pieces representing the period following the death of the great classical composer Beethoven to the neo-classical giant Bela Bartok. The intervening period is a time of experimentation with new sounds, technique and content. I have tried to portray some of these developments through the exciting technical innovations of Franz Liszt, through the romantic poetry of Chopin, Schumann and Debussy, with the occasional dark overtones of composers such as Rachmaninoff.