Brahms, Schumann

Featuring

Fanny Robilliard
Paloma Kouider
Robert Schumann
Clara Schumann
Albert Dietrich
Johannes Brahms

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded by Little Tribeca from March 14 to 18, 2019, at the Éric et Sylvie Boissonnas Auditorium in Arrâches-la-Frasse.

Compositional Technique

Robert and Clara Schumann often exchanged musical themes, sometimes explicitly, as in Robert's Impromptus on a Theme by Clara Wieck, Op. 5, and Clara's Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The Schumanns, particularly Clara, were musically conservative and critical of new trends, especially the audacities of composers like Liszt and Wagner from the 1850s onwards.

Composer Biography

Clara Schumann, an internationally acclaimed concert pianist, was the primary breadwinner for her family and tirelessly promoted her husband Robert Schumann's works.

Instruments

Paloma Kouider, the pianist on this recording, plays a Steinway Model D piano, serial number 589489.

Instruments

Fanny Robilliard, the violinist on this recording, plays a Niccolo Amati violin from 1627, on loan from the Fondation Culture et Musique.

Composition History

The F-A-E Sonata, a collaborative work by Robert Schumann, Albert Dietrich, and Johannes Brahms, was written in October 1853 as a tribute to the violinist Joseph Joachim.