Romantic Impressions: Works by Brahms, C. Schumann & Grieg

Featuring

Byol Kang
Boris Kusnezow
Johannes Brahms
Clara Schumann
Edvard Grieg

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Compositional Technique

The album features 'songs without words' or compositions that incorporate melodies from existing songs, allowing the listener to 'silently sing to oneself'.

Instruments

Byol Kang, the violinist on this recording, plays a violin made by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini in Milan in 1756, which is on loan from an Augsburg family through the Deutscher Musikinstrumentenfonds.

Album & Artwork

The album title "Romantic Impressions" and its concept are inspired by Joseph von Eichendorff's poem "Wünschelrute" (The Dowsing Rod), which describes a 'song slumbering in all things'.

Recording & Production

This recording was made possible by generous financial contributions from the Borletti-Buitoni Trust and the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.

Performer Biography

Violinist Byol Kang and pianist Boris Kusnezow, who perform on this album, made their Carnegie Hall debut together in 2011, with The New York Times calling them 'an apt pairing'.