The accompanying notes give no reason why András Schiff has assembled these particular works by Schumann into a two-disc set. They also offer no clues as to why, alongside well-known works, he has ...

A decade separates Schumann's Papillons from the five pieces that make up his "carnival jest from Vienna" (Faschingsschwank aus Wien), the 10 years in which he composed most of his piano masterpieces.

The first volume of Claves' edition of Schumann's solo piano music, featuring the young Irish pianist Finghin Collins, was a superb beginning to what is promised as a complete survey, but the ...

This is the latest instalment of Dejan Lazi´c's Liaisons series, in which the trendy Croat pianist presents composers in pairs for the purpose of comparison. Given that Brahms-Schumann couplings are ...

Denys Proshayev will be a new name to most British pianophiles, but he is not the latest kid on the keyboard block. Born in Belarus and now in his mid-30s, Proshayev was successful on the competition ...

Etudes symphoniques, 'Symphonic Studies' Sergei Edelmann, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer Papillons Robert Schumann, Composer András Schiff, Piano Sonata for Piano No. 1 Robert Schumann, Composer ...

Though appearing on disc for the first time, these are not brand new Schumann recordings by Hamelin; the performance of Carnaval dates from 1999, the other works from three years later. Bringing them ...

Though the fluency and directness of his playing had already marked him out as a pianist to watch, it was winning the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition in Brussels two years ago that really ...

Sonata for Piano No. 2 Jon Nakamatsu, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer For the remaining works on the disc, Nakamatsu turns to two of Schumann’s most potent sets of character pieces, both inspired by ...

Publié le 15 novembre 2003 à 01:20.

Zurich resident pianist Wong in a solo recital wholly dedicated to Schumann. On Papillons, Carnaval, Scenes from Childhood and Arabesque he puts a spell on the listener. The both delicate and bucolic ...

The two-disc set of six works, which includes two of Schumann’s best known keyboard pieces, feels a little studied at points, but the playing is immaculate Having worked his way through the sonatas of ...