Plamena Mangova, the pianist on this recording, won Second Prize at the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2007, launching her international career.
Composer Biography
Johannes Brahms, a dazzlingly gifted twenty-year-old, appeared in the Schumanns' lives in 1853, prompting Robert Schumann to announce his arrival as a "Messiah."
Composer's Artistic Vision
The works on this album are called "intimate letters" because the composers used the German notation of musical notes and letters to embed secret messages within their music.
Performer Biography
Plamena Mangova studied with the legendary teacher Dmitri Bashkirov at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid, to whom this album is dedicated.
Composer Biography
Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms shared a profound spiritual union, with Robert stating, "Posterity will think of us as one heart and one soul."
Composer Biography
Clara Schumann, a child prodigy pianist and composer, was only eight years old when Robert Schumann, nearly ten years her senior, entered her life.
Composer Biography
After Robert Schumann's death, Clara Schumann dedicated her forty years of widowhood to promoting his works and premiering pieces by their "spiritual son," Johannes Brahms.
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