Anna Lucia Richter, a soprano featured on this album, comes from a large family of musicians and began singing lessons with her mother at age nine.
Compositional Technique
Aribert Reimann's Adagio in Memory of Robert Schumann is based on two unfinished, wordless chorales by Schumann and uses a compositional principle similar to the medieval cantus firmus.
Composition History
Robert Schumann dedicated his three string quartets to Felix Mendelssohn, driven by admiration and a positive envy for Mendelssohn's ability to create lightness in his music.
Composer Biography
Aribert Reimann, one of today's leading composers, is a direct descendant of Franz Richarz, the asylum doctor who treated Robert Schumann, and inherited Schumann's medical records.
Album & Artwork
This album explores the relationships between Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, and contemporary composer Aribert Reimann, weaving together their works through admiration and influence.
Performer Biography
The Schumann Quartet consists of three brothers – Erik, Ken, and Mark Schumann – and Estonian violist Liisa Randalu.
Historical Context
Felix Mendelssohn's String Quartet op. 12 was written in 1829, the same year he conducted the legendary revival of J.S. Bach's St Matthew Passion, marking the beginning of the Bach renaissance.
