Robert Schumann, a German Romantic composer, had to abandon his career as a pianist due to paralysis in his right hand early in the 1830s.
Performer Biography
Ketevan Sepashvili, the Georgian pianist on this recording, began playing Georgian folk music melodies on the piano before the age of two.
Performer Biography
Ketevan Sepashvili has received numerous national and international awards, including 'Best Georgian Performer' in 2001 and a prize at the 'Vianna da Motta' international piano competition in 2004.
Composition History
Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana, a piano cycle, was written in just four days in April 1838.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Schumann considered his Kreisleriana his favorite among his compositions from Op. 15-20, describing it as 'wonderfully interwoven despite all its simplicity, so eloquent and from the heart'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Schumann's Kreisleriana, though originally intended for his beloved Clara, was dedicated to Frédéric Chopin, a fellow pianist and composer, due to ongoing disputes with Clara's father.
Compositional Technique
The title 'Kreisleriana' refers to E. T. A. Hoffmann's character Kreisler, an eccentric Kapellmeister, and Schumann saw himself as an alter ego of this figure in the music.
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