Franz Schmidt - Fantasy for Piano & Orchestra (1899)

Franz Schmidt (Pressburg, 1874 - Wien, 1939)
Phantasiestück für das Clavier mit Begleitung des Orchesters (1899)
In one movement; section titles are:
Breit; mässig schnell - noch ruhiger - nach und nach lebhafter - Im Hauptzeitmass - Die Viertel etwas langsamer als bisher - Langsamer - Immer leiser und langsamer - Sehr langsam - Sehr lebhaft - Wieder lebhafter - Tempo I.
Jasminka Stancul, piano; Vienna Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Fleisher
Illustrations: Vienna, ca. 1900. CC-BY Wikimedia Commons (LoC Photochrom Library)

[@jksteven1]

Beautiful and exciting piece. I fine Schmidt to be a powerful composer.

[@fulviopolce9785]

Interessante e originale composizione di Schmidt, degna di considerazione,per l'ottima orchestrazione.
Grazie Cabedal.

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

Schmidt worked (as a cellist) in a first-class orchestra for many years (the Vienna Philharmonic/Court Opera), and he always composed his music - even an early work such as this - with such an orchestra in mind.

[@herminioteixeira5921]

Uma belíssima obra, que deveria estar mais presente no repertório dos grandes interpretes

[@michaeldell9524]

If this is the Capriccio recording, the orchestra is Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz conducted by Alexander Rumpf, recorded in Berlin in 2016.

[@bomcabedal]

I didn't think it was, but it sounds very similar on closer inspection. If so, I'll remove this video.

[@cmclean6475]

@@bomcabedal Isn't Leon Fleischer the pianist?

[@topclassical]

A fine piece! Very nice

[@vesteel]

this is definitely based on his opera Notre Dame

[@bomcabedal]

The other way around, more likely: Schmidt began work on Notre Dame a few years after this.

[@DavidAlexanderRahbee]

the other way around!