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We can do better Schubert than Schubert ever did

We can do better Schubert than Schubert ever did

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week:

Many composers have tried to improve on Schubert. Mahler made a string-orchestra version of the Death and the Maiden string quartet, Joseph Joachim orchestrated a four-hand piano sonata, Liszt made the Wanderer Fantasy into something resembling a piano concerto. Even atonal Anton von Webern had a go…

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