Schubert's Erlkönig on solo piano opens this collection and immediately sets a frantic, dark tone. takt op. Symphony's second piano volume covers a wider emotional range than the first. Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu is already a piano piece so it sits naturally here, but the interpretation carries the game's specific dramatic sensibility.
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Vivaldi's Four Seasons concertos translated to piano is where things get really interesting, all four movements stripped of their string ensemble textures and rebuilt for ten fingers. La Campanella (the Paganini études) was basically written to show off piano technique so it feels right at home.
Swan Lake without the orchestra is surprisingly haunting. If you liked the first piano collection, this one goes deeper into the catalog and takes bigger risks with the arrangements.