Erlkönig

Stephen Heller wrote many works for piano during his compositional life. Erlkönig is a work based upon Schubert's lied known by the names of 'Die Erikonig' and Roi Des Aufnes', which is, in turn, based on Goethe's poem about a child attacked by a supernatural force - the Erlkonig The work, described by Heller as a Ballade, explores the story through the use of several characters, and contains exci...