Franz Schreker ‒ Kammersymphonie Arr. for solo piano

Franz Schreker (1878 - 1934), Kammersymphonie (Chamber Symphony), arranged by Ignace Strasfogel for solo piano (1917) Performed by Emma Schmidt (2014) 00:00 - No. 1 Langsam: Schwebend 02:32 - No. 2 Allegro vivace 03:59 - No. 3 Ziemlich bewegt 06:14 - No. 4 Adagio 10:07 - No. 5 Scherzo: Allegro vivace 16:32 - No. 6 Allegro vivace 18:01 - No. 7 Ziemlich bewegt 20:15 - No. 8 Adagio Franz Schreker was an Austrian composer, conductor, teacher and administrator. Primarily a composer of operas, Schreker developed a style characterized by aesthetic plurality (a mixture of Romanticism, Naturalism, Symbolism, Impressionism, Expressionism and Neue Sachlichkeit), timbral experimentation, strategies of extended tonality and conception of total music theatre into the narrative of 20th-century music.