Schumann composed his Drei Romanzen, Op. 28, in 1839, as well as other short piano pieces, to prepare himself for intense work on Lieder.
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'.
Interpretation
Daniel Levy is esteemed as one of the noblest musicians of our time because he has never succumbed to commercial considerations overriding artistic aspirations.
Performer Biography
Pianist Daniel Levy has devoted his life to studying the piano works, chamber music with piano, lieder, and works for piano and orchestra of Robert Schumann.
Compositional Technique
Schumann's Sonata in F sharp minor, Op. 11, is signed by Florestan and Eusebius, characters from a novel by Jean Paul Richter, representing the composer's split personalities.
Composition History
The Allegro in B minor-major, Op. 8, was composed in 1831 as the initial movement of a sonata that was never completed.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Robert Schumann, the composer of the works on this album, achieved an incredible fusion between literary and musical poetry, with his poetics equally distributed between letters and sounds.
