“With humor, ”slow and tender, “extremely brisk”: the very expression marks of the op. 12 “Fantasy Pieces” illuminate their musical universe, a kaleidoscope of ideas and moods. Our revised new edition presents not only the eight original pieces, but also an appendix containing a ninth piece that Schumann excised during the final stages of publication. Several of the composer’s friends, including the work’s dedicatee Robena Ann Laidlaw, played some of op. 12 in public before it appeared in print. Later the work achieved rapid and widespread popularity. Perhaps the greatest compliment came from Franz Liszt, who excitedly wrote to the composer, “Your ‘Fantasy Pieces’ have captured my interest in an extraordinary way. I play them truly with delight, and Lord knows there are not many things of which I can say the same.”
“幽默,”緩慢而溫柔,“非常輕快”:正是作品的表達標誌。 12 首“奇幻作品”照亮了他們的音樂世界,一個想法和情緒的萬花筒。 我們修訂後的新版本不僅提供了八首原件,還包括一個附錄,其中包含舒曼在出版的最後階段刪除的第九件。 作曲家的幾位朋友,包括作品的奉獻者羅貝娜·安·萊德勞(Robena Ann Laidlaw),演奏了一些作品。 12 在它出現之前公開。 後來,這項工作迅速而廣泛地流行起來。 也許最大的讚美來自弗朗茨·李斯特,他興奮地寫信給作曲家,“你的‘幻想曲’以一種非同尋常的方式引起了我的興趣。 我真的很高興地演奏它們,上帝知道我可以說同樣的話並不多。