Rimsky-Korsakov Fantasy, clarinet in Bb (violin) and piano

Rimski-Korsakov Fantasy

Very often in music history, composers wrote fantasies, paraphrases based on one theme or on several melodies from one single piece, for example Liszt's 'Serenade' after Schubert, or 'Fantasy on themes from Don Carlos' after Verdi. The Russian composer and pianist Alexander Rosenblatt, a master of the virtuoso concert fantasia and of the musical crossover between light and serious music, follows this tradition: His fantasia uses well known themes from various operas and from the symphonic poem 'Sheherazade' by Rimsky-Korsakov. A virtuoso concert piece - entertaining for players and listeners alike!