Alberto Martos & Myriam Sotelo - Schumann: Cello & Piano Works (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/48]

Clara… Clara Wieck, who became Clara Schumann after marrying Robert in 1840, was a precocious and exceptional pianist. Starting recitals at the age of ten, she possessed a powerful technique and deep expressive capacity that she showcased in tours across Europe. After tense years, because Frédéric Wieck, her father and Robert’s teacher, deterred their rush to get married, when the union finally brought them familial happiness, it also brought numerous children, for which Clara’s career, although not stopped entirely, was limited considerably. Admired by Chopin, Liszt, and Mendelssohn as a performer, and more than admired, she was revered (and loved) by Brahms. As a composer, she wasn’t formally ambitious but she did display fine sensitivity and delicate inspiration. Her works always revolved around the piano, an instrument for which she cultivated brief forms typical of the romantic awakening, such as impromptus, waltzes, caprices, nocturnes, romances, and fantasies, and she also composed for the piano accompanying the voice (Lieder) and in various chamber formations, even with an orchestra.

…and Robert We find ourselves in a crucial year, 1849. At that time, the Schumanns opted for a rural retreat due to the tension in Dresden, where they resided at that moment—a city that was the center of notable revolutionary episodes during the uprising that occurred there, with its epicenter in May of that year. While the great architect Gottfried Semper and, much more intensely, the brilliant composer Richard Wagner engaged in street tumults, proclamations, and barricades, Clara and Robert Schumann sought tranquility and stayed out of the revolt.

Tracklist:
01. Schumann- Drei Romanzen op. 22- I. Andante molto
02. Schumann- Drei Romanzen op. 22- II. Allegretto
03. Schumann- Drei Romanzen op. 22- III. Leidenschaftlich schnell
04. Schumann- Adagio und Allegro op. 70- I. Adagio
05. Schumann- Adagio und Allegro op. 70- II. Allegro
06. Schumann- Fantasiestücke op.73- I. Zart und mit Ausdruck
07. Schumann- Fantasiestücke op.73- II. Lebhaft, leicht
08. Schumann- Fantasiestücke op.73- III. Rasch und mit Feuer
09. Schumann- Drei Romanzen op.94- I. Nicht schnell
10. Schumann- Drei Romanzen op.94- II. Einfach, innig
11. Schumann- Drei Romanzen op.94- III. Nicht schnell
12. Schumann- Fünf Stücke im Volkston op. 102- 1. Vanitas vanitatum. Mit humor
13. Schumann- Fünf Stücke im Volkston op. 102- 2. Langsam
14. Schumann- Fünf Stücke im Volkston op. 102- 3. Nicht schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen
15. Schumann- Fünf Stücke im Volkston op. 102- 4. Nicht zu rasch
16. Schumann- Fünf Stücke im Volkston op. 102- 5. Stark und markiert
17. Schumann- Märchenbilder op. 113- I. Nicht schnell
18. Schumann- Märchenbilder op. 113- II. Lebhaft
19. Schumann- Märchenbilder op. 113- III. Rasch
20. Schumann- Märchenbilder op. 113- IV. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck


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