Some music can be both relaxing and energizing at the same time. Franz Schubert's "Piano Works for Four Hands" is really a series of musical pieces he wrote for his friends and also as exercises for students. As what sometimes happens with art works that are low balled or done for practical reasons, they take on a perpetual life of their own. I suppose the worst thing a musician can do is wake up in the morning and say, "I'm going to make a great album -- man. Everyone is going to line up at the record shops for this one".I do not know what made me grab this album out of the bin; maybe it was something Divine or the fact I was well aware of Naxos and their high quality (and affordable) recordings. An all round pleasant listening experience it was; instantly becoming a disc way up on my list.
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