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András Schiff - Schumann: In Concert (2002)

András Schiff - Schumann: In Concert (2002)

BAND/ARTIST: András Schiff

  • Title: Schumann: In Concert
  • Year Of Release: 2002
  • Label: ECM New Series
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3 320 Kbps
  • Total Time: 01:47:10
  • Total Size: 383 Mb / 273 Mb
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Tracklist:

CD 1
1. Humoreske op. 20
2. Novelletten op. 21: Markiert und kraftig
3. Novelletten op. 21: Ausserst rasch und mit Bravour
4. Novelletten op. 21: Leicht und mit Humor
5. Novelletten op. 21: Ballmassig. Sehr munter

CD 2
1. Novelletten op. 21: Rauschend und festlich
2. Novelletten op. 21: Sehr lebhaft mit vielem Humor
3. Novelletten op. 21: Ausserst rasch
4. Novelletten op. 21: Sehr lebhaft
5. Laviersonate f-Moll op. 14: Allegro brillante
6. Laviersonate f-Moll op. 14: Scherzo. Molto comodo
7. Laviersonate f-Moll op. 14: Quasi variazioni. Andantino de Clara Wieck
8. Nachstucke op. 23: Ad libitum-Einfach

András Schiff, piano

Robert Schumann's dense yet soaring keyboard textures, obsessive rhythmic repetitions, and restless polyphonic mind inspire András Schiff's poetic virtuosity to rarefied heights of music making in the Humoreske, the eight Novelletten, and the Sonata No. 3 (better known as the Concerto Without Orchestra). In the Sonata's outer movements, Schiff unleashes power with canny expressive economy, while the variations in the Andantino lusciously unfold. The Humoreske is riper and more complexly detailed here than in Schiff's relatively straightlaced 1976 Denon recording. Throughout the Novelletten, Schiff adapts a less massive, more clipped style compared with, say, Sviatoslav Richter's more objective readings of Nos. 1, 2, and 8. Yet Schiff's wide arsenal of articulations and hand balances helps keep Schumann's bottomless lyrical fount afloat over the bar lines. Schiff's stamina and concentration are all the more amazing when you consider that these three big pieces stem from a single concert held at the Tonhalle Zürich on May 30, 1999. The fourth piece, from Schumann's Op. 23 Nachstücke, makes for a touching encore. In sum, a very special release, and gorgeously recorded, too. -- Jed Distler





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