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Wanderer Fantasy

Performers:

  • Lukas Geniusas

  • St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra

  • Modestas Pitrenas

Label:

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  • Release date:  19/06/2026

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Pianist Lukas Geniusas dedicates himself to a form that symbolizes freedom and was particularly beloved by Romantic composers. In his song "Der Wanderer," Schubert sets to music the figure of the wandering wanderer, which a few years later gave rise to a large-scale instrumental work: the Fantasy in C major D 760 (1822), later known as the "Wanderer Fantasy." The four-part structure could correspond to that of a four-movement sonata cycle, but these movements follow one another without interruption in a continuous process, like an uninterrupted journey. Fascinated by this work, Liszt made his arrangement for piano and orchestra in 1851, two years before his famous Sonata in B minor, which is also monothematic and unfolds as a single, broad movement. Tchaikovsky, on the other hand, more rooted in the classical tradition, cultivates virtuosity and instrumental splendor in his Concert Fantasy from 1884. Together with the St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Modestas Pitrenas, Geniusas presents a rare (if not unique) combination of these two fantasies, composed more than six decades apart.

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