{"product_id":"schubert-piano-music-vol-9","title":"Schubert: Piano Music, Vol. 8","description":"In a word I feel myself the most unhappy and wretched creature in the world. Imagine a man whose health will never be right again, and who in sheer despair over this ever makes things worse and worse instead of better... but I have tried my hand at several instrumental things... in fact, I intend to pave the way towards a grand symphony in this manner. These extracts from a letter of 1824 epitomize the paradox of Schubert, the manic-depressive composer. On the one hand his music has that world-weary element of profound grief - 'the most wretched creature in the world' - and on the other a life-affirming exuberance bordering on the manic that characterizes the Wanderer-Fantasie and parts of the D major sonata D.850. In this final volume Llyr Williams plays a selection of Franz Liszt's evocative Schubert song transcriptions, including works from Die sch�ne M�llerin, Wintereise and Schwanengesang.","brand":"Signum Classics","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49705031041304,"sku":"635212083826","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/3826288-2578248.jpg?v=1777592115","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/schubert-piano-music-vol-9","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}