Schumann - Fantasie in C, Op. 17

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After recording all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas to celebrate the composer's 250th birthday, celebrated Italian pianist Riccardo Schwartz decided to record solo piano works by Robert Schumann. His Fantasie in C, Op. 17, was written in 1836. It was revised prior to publication in 1839 and dedicated to Franz Liszt. It is one of Schumann's greatest works for solo piano and a central work of the early Romantic period. The work is written in a loose sonata form.