Richard Wagner consistently downplayed the significance of his musical education. Undoubtedly, he was very keen to cultivate the notion of the untutored genius, just as Ludwig van Beethoven had done. However, as we saw in our last episode, his first

Piano Quartet Op. 8 in B flat major Menuetto, Allegro Isabelle Faust, violin Alexander Melnikov, fortepiano Boris Faust, viola Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, cello From Carl Maria Von Weber – Sonatas for Piano and Violin Piano Quartet (2013) Released by Harmonia