Once Upon a Time… Fairy Tales by Robert Schumann & Jörg Widmann
11/17/2017, 16 Tracks, 1:10:27
Featuring
Tabea Zimmermann
Jörg Widmann
Dénes Várjon
Robert Schumann
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Performer Biography
Jörg Widmann, the clarinetist and composer on this album, is also the Principal Conductor of the Irish Chamber Orchestra.
Composition History
Robert Schumann's Fantasiestücke for Clarinet and Piano Op. 73 were composed in just three days in February 1849, during the March Revolution.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Jörg Widmann, the composer of "Es war einmal…", views fairy tales as a seismograph of mankind's primal fears and desires, not just sentimental nostalgia.
Performer Biography
Tabea Zimmermann, the violist on this album, received her first viola lessons at the age of three.
Compositional Technique
Jörg Widmann considers the combination of clarinet and viola to be a "sacred" and uniquely intimate blend, despite its musical trickiness.
Recording & Production
Jörg Widmann's "Es war einmal…" on this album is a world premiere recording.
Composition History
Schumann's Märchenerzählungen for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano Op. 132 were his last published chamber music contribution during his lifetime.
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