{"product_id":"karl-andreas-kolly-piano-album_aec-cio5526c-2","title":"Karl-Andreas Kolly - Piano Album","description":"\u003cp\u003eFranz Schmidt was not only a brilliant cellist, but also a gifted pianist who mastered almost the entire piano repertoire with ease. Nevertheless, he had a kind of love-hate relationship with the piano. His great love was the organ. However, this did not prevent him from writing numerous works for the left hand (Beethoven Variations, Piano Concerto in E-flat major, Quintets). All of these were commissioned by the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein. For two-handed piano, on the other hand, Schmidt left behind only one composition. It is the melancholic Romance, which he dedicated to his English teacher Geoffrey Sephton in 1922. Karl-Andreas Kolly: 'The fact that I have nevertheless decided to set three of Franz Schmidt's organ works for piano has primarily to do with my great passion for his music. And also a little with my hope that in a piano version, his organ works could possibly reach an additional audience.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Capriccio","offers":[{"title":"New \/ CD \/ Piano Album Capriccio","offer_id":48545962656052,"sku":"CIO5526C.2","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0790\/7436\/1652\/files\/4289571-3144781.jpg?v=1768327325","url":"https:\/\/www.fye.com\/products\/karl-andreas-kolly-piano-album_aec-cio5526c-2","provider":"FYE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}