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12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S.558 : Liszt: 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S.558: 8. Gretchen am Spinnrade by Brigitte Engerer album cover

12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S.558 : Liszt: 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S.558: 8. Gretchen am Spinnrade

by Brigitte Engerer

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About "12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S.558 : Liszt: 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S.558: 8. Gretchen am Spinnrade" by Brigitte Engerer

Brigitte Engerer’s piano transcription of Schubert’s Gretchen is a study in spinning tension: the left hand’s relentless whirring mimics the loom, while the right hand’s melody aches with unspoken longing. Liszt’s virtuosic flourishes amplify the quiet desperation into something almost operatic.