Visions

The last piece Schumann wrote before being institutionalized is built around a theme that he claimed was dictated to him by spirits. Schubert’s Sonata-Fantasia is also visionary, and opens in very unusual fashion.

Robert Schumann Theme with Variations in E-flat major “Geistervariationen” (Variations of the Spirits) Franz Schubert Sonata in sol maggiore op. 78 “Fantasia” D. 894