Schumann: Piano Music, Vol. 5

Featuring

Daniel Levy
Robert Schumann

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Performer Biography

Pianist Daniel Levy has dedicated his life and career to studying the piano works, chamber music with piano, lieder, and works for piano and orchestra of Robert Schumann.

Composition History

Robert Schumann based the theme of his Davidsbündlertänze on a mazurka by Clara Wieck, who was his fiancée at the time, and the work expresses his passionate love for her.

Compositional Technique

The Davidsbündlertänze are not literal dances but rather characteristic pieces that serve as musical dialogues between Robert Schumann's alter egos, Florestan (impetuous) and Eusebius (lyrical).

Composition History

Robert Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, was composed in 1837 and is named after his Davidsbündler, an imaginary league of artists.

Composition History

The Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, is widely considered one of Robert Schumann's greatest achievements and a significant piano work of the Romantic era, despite its misleadingly low opus number.

Recording & Production

This album is part of a major new series of recordings of Robert Schumann's works, featuring both new releases and materials from outstanding out-of-catalogue recordings, including live concerts.

Performer Biography

Daniel Levy's interpretation of Schumann's Piano Concerto was reviewed by Julian Haylock in BBC Music Magazine as 'An all-time great recording...lovingly phrased and exultantly voiced'.