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VA - Big Schumann Box (2015)

VA - Big Schumann Box (2015)

BAND/ARTIST: Various Artists

  • Title: Big Schumann Box
  • Year Of Release: 2015
  • Label: eOne Music
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 10:28:33
  • Total Size: 2.34 GB
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Here we present the runner-up in our Facebook vote for the Big Box our followers would like to see – and it’s turned into quite an odyssey. When we put these boxes together, we like to create the box using the following recipe: take some historic performances, add in some long-lost recordings and try to add something special. Sometimes we can achieve passing marks in all three categories, sometimes we get some from one and not much in another. But The Big Schumann Box represents a very strong grade (we think), and we’re even able to add some star power to this set. If you are a fan of Schumann, we’re very proud to present this new box. And if you’re looking for an introduction to Schumann, between these performances and our every-day low price of .99, you can’t miss.

First a word – The Bach Guild’s digital destiny has been driven by enthusiastic response from music lovers, and it has propelled The Bach Guild far past where we thought we would be. The Big Schumann Box represents our 50th release – which is probably about 40 more releases than we ever thought we’d issue. As The Bach Guild’s success has continued, we have broadened our sources of repertoire. The Big Schumann Box includes repertoire far afield of the Bach Guild/Vanguard catalog, although we always include recordings from the Vanguard/Bach Guild catalog in each release. For this release, we’re happy to include never-before released recordings from the Pro Arte and eOne Classics catalog, our “sisters” (all these catalogs are now owned by one company).

It’s always a side benefit of creating these boxes for The Bach Guild to present music that has not been widely available (part of the recipe), and this box is full of neglected recordings that are seeing the first light of digital exposure. And this box has a startling number of digital debuts from some of the finest recording artists of the past 50 years: Arleen Auger singing a short recital; Lorraine Hunt (pre-Lieberson) performing songs from a long out of print recording, Rosina Llevinne performing a rarely heard Schumann work for piano and orchestra, and Russell Sherman performing Schumann’s piano concerto with the Utah Symphony Orchestra.

Alfred Brendel’s Vanguard Schumann recordings are featured here, as are the recordings of Swiss pianist Jacqueline Blanchard. From the Vanguard/Bach Guild vaults comes a Schumann Liederkreis recital, featuring mezzo-soprano Lorna Sydney, a long time participant in Vanguard/Bach Guild’s European recordings of Mahler and Bach’s cantatas (for those that look these things up, the original LP release was VRS 411 and includes a recording of Brahms’s Songs for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91 which we somehow overlooked for our Big Brahms Box).

Since Schumann’s music AND his life were influential, we made the decision to add a few works that push the boundaries for inclusion in a Big Schumann Box. Please note – we call this the “Big Schumann Box” and not just the “Big Robert Schumann Box”, as we’ve included several works for piano by Clara Schumann. Her Piano Concerto, Op. 7 and Piano Sonata in G minor are here, MORE digital debuts on this Big Schumann Box. Available are Paganini’s 24 Caprices, set to Schumann’s piano accompaniment (another long-out-of-print recording). And to finish – it wouldn’t be right to not include Schumann’s most famous discovery, Johannes Brahms. Brahms is represented here by pianist Jacqueline Blancard, performing Variations on a Theme by Schumann.

So this really is a BIG Schumann Box and one of the most ambitious and interesting that we’ve presented. We hope you agree that we’ve tried to follow our recipe and we certainly appreciate your continued support of The Bach Guild’s Big Boxes.

Classical | FLAC / APE

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  • mufty77
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