Perception: Works by Caplet, Debussy, Schubert & Schumann

Featuring

Verena Beatrix Schulte
Hanna Rabe
Queens Duo
Robert Schumann
Franz Schubert
Claude Debussy

André Caplet

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Musical Impressionism, following painting, focuses on the observation of perception, seeking to reproduce transient moments and moods.

Album & Artwork

The album's program juxtaposes the emotional worlds of Romanticism with the atmospheric pictures of Impressionism, featuring works by German and French composers.

Interpretation

The Queens Duo, consisting of Verena Beatrix Schulte (flute) and Hanna Rabe (harp), performs arrangements for flute and harp, some of which they created themselves.

Composer Biography

Robert Schumann, a pioneer of musical Romanticism, was marked by inner conflict throughout his life, creating a counterworld in music to his fears and madness.

Composer's Artistic Vision

In Romanticism, music became a medium for the inner emotional world, a symbol of the outer cosmos, and a mirror of longing for an intact world feeling.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded at the Marienmünster Benedictine Abbey, a music venue with a concert hall acoustically optimized for audiophile CD productions.

Performer Biography

The Queens Duo, founded in London in 2010 by Verena Beatrix Schulte (flute) and Hanna Rabe (harp), is considered a leading duo in its instrumentation.