Schumann / Debussy / Tchaikovsky: Piano Music for Children
5/31/1995, 28 Tracks, 1:08:12
Featuring
Dag Achatz
Ludwig van Beethoven
Robert Schumann
Claude Debussy
Béla Bartók
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Performer Biography
Dag Achatz, the pianist on this album, has received superlative reviews for his piano transcriptions of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and The Firebird Suite, and Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story.
Composer Biography
The piece 'Für Elise' should actually be 'Für Therese', referring to Therese Malfatti, the adult daughter of Beethoven's physician, due to the composer's illegible handwriting.
Performer Biography
Leonard Bernstein was so impressed by Dag Achatz's transcriptions that he asked Achatz to transcribe and record a piano version of his ballet Fancy Free.
Composition History
Robert Schumann's Kinderszenen, written in 1838, is intimately associated with Schumann's love for his wife-to-be, Clara Wieck, and their correspondence.
Composition History
Ludwig van Beethoven's famous piano bagatelle, Für Elise, is the only piece on this album not originally connected with the world of childhood.
Compositional Technique
Béla Bartók's For Children, composed in 1908, is his very first collection of annotated folk-music, arranged in his unique and inimitable style.
Composition History
Claude Debussy's Children's Corner was composed for his three-year-old daughter, Chouchou, and the English titles of the pieces are due to her English governess.
