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Fantasie - Kitamura

Fontec  FOCD-9498

Hybrid

Classical - Instrumental

Beethoven/Liszt, Schumann/Liszt

Tomoki Kitamura (piano)

All

Works (8)

• Franz Liszt: Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, S. 469
• Franz Liszt: Schumann: Frühlingsnacht, S. 568
• Franz Liszt: Schumann: Liebeslied, S. 566a 'Widmung'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte (6), Op. 98
• Robert Schumann: Fantasia in C major, Op. 17
• Robert Schumann: Liederkreis (12), Op. 39 No. 12 Frühlingsnacht
• Robert Schumann: Myrthen (26), Op. 25 No. 1 Widmung
• Robert Schumann: Études in Variation Form on a Theme (Beethoven), WoO 31