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Schumann: Music for Cello and Piano

9/1/2011, 17 Tracks, 1:13:04

Featuring

  • Karine Georgian
  • Jan Willem Nelleke
  • Robert Schumann
  • Clara Schumann

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Compositional Technique

Robert Schumann's mastery lay in the character piece, creating atmospheric tone-pictures through tempo contrasts and expressive modulations.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Jan Willem Nelleke, the pianist on this recording, arranged Robert Schumann's Violin Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano, aiming to preserve the original dark timbre.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Jan Willem Nelleke, the pianist, is recognized for his exceptional qualities as a duo partner and has made numerous arrangements that are now part of the repertoire.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Karine Georgian, the cellist, won the Gold Medal at the Third Tchaikovsky Competition and gave the American premiere of Khachaturian's Cello Rhapsody.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann's wife, destroyed his Five Romances of 1853, almost his last composition, due to his insanity.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Robert Schumann loved the cello, writing music that showed joy in its ability to both underpin and soar lyrically.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

During the week Robert Schumann composed the Adagio and Allegro and Three Fantasy Pieces, the German States were experiencing anti-monarchist revolutionary upheavals.

Source: Booklet

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