Schubert + Goethe + Liszt = ???

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It all started with "Erlkönig," a poem by Goethe about a child who dies in his father's arms while seeing the Erlkönig (Elf king) in a fever dream. Franz Schubert composed a truly fitting piece for this poem, and Liszt arranged it for piano, turning it into a finger-breaking monster of a piano piece.

Composer(s): Franz Schubert

Arrangement © Franz Liszt (1838)
Original Music © Franz Schubert (1821)

[shiningsimp]

i might be wrong but in german folklore, the erlkonig is one of the 'fair folk', mischievous and sometimes malicious fairies that are, more often than not, stuff of nightmares; different than the fairies modern people know of

[hekatewolpertinger]

Wer reitet so spät durch Nacht und Wind?

[awstinaxolotl]

I feel like my wrist is getting sprained just thinking about playing this.

[Thomas_Wagner]

Sounds like a Black-and-white film. *^^')*

[agentmilton]

Erlkönig is already pretty hard to play and now you combine it?!?!

[dreamrelaxing]

*so calm music 👍and makes me feel better😍, thanks for sharing🙏, Hopefully everyone here is always healthy and blessed, amen🙏.*

[batbite_]

You should play this with orchestral plugins

[camk]

I just wanna watch a movie after seeing this

[Miostarlet_]

Listen i tried playing the right hand and it is soo sufferingz