Schumann: Scenes from Childhood; Waldszenen – Janáček: On the Overgrown Path, Book 1
10/27/2023, 32 Tracks, 1:14:26
Featuring
Marc-André Hamelin
Leoš Janáček
Robert Schumann
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Composer Biography
Robert Schumann's Kinderszenen was composed during a period of separation from Clara Wieck, his future wife, who was on a seven-month concert tour in 1838.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The forest in Schumann's Waldszenen represents not just nature, but man's position within the wilderness and how it affects his self-perception.
Composition History
Leoš Janáček's On the overgrown path, Book 1, originally began as arrangements of Moravian folksongs for harmonium in 1897.
Composition History
The title of Janáček's On the overgrown path refers to a Moravian wedding song where the bride laments that 'The path to my mother's has become overgrown with clover'.
Composition History
Schumann's Kinderszenen, a collection of thirteen pieces, was inspired by Clara Wieck's comment that he sometimes seemed like a child.
Composition History
Schumann's Waldszenen, his last major cycle for solo piano, was composed over a few days around New Year's 1849, eleven years after Kinderszenen.
Composer Biography
Janáček's piece 'In tears' from On the overgrown path is a recollection of the death of his beloved daughter Olga in 1903.
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