All Schumann articles – Page 5
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ArticleThe Strad Masterclass: cellist Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt on Schumann's Adagio and Allegro
Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, professor of cello at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar, performs Schumann's Adagio and Allegro op. 70 with pianist Keiko Tamura. The cellist continues The Strad’s new marked-up sheet music series in association with Henle Verlag with Schumann's Adagio and Allegro – giving bowings, fingerings and ...
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ReviewCello Concertos, Sonatas & Suites. Works by Bach, Beethoven, Boccherini, Brahms, Dvorák, Kabalevsky, Milhaud and Schumann
The Strad Issue: January 2016Description: Collected performances by a legendary Canadian cellistMusicians: Zara Nelsova (cello) Artur Balsam, Lothar Broddack (pianos) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Georg Ludwig Jochum, Gerd AlbrechtComposer: Bach, Beethoven, Boccherini, Brahms, Dvorák, Kabalevsky, Milhaud, SchumannThe greatest cellist to come out of the Americas (see ‘Great Cellists’, ...
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ReviewSchumann: Violin Sonata no.2 in D minor. Strauss: Violin Sonata in E flat major
The Strad Issue: January 2016Description: Romantic sonatas in performances by two YCA prizewinnersMusicians: Noé Inui (violin) Vassilis Varvaresos (piano)Composer: Schumann, StraussThis disc is proof that first impressions can be misleading. One might wince at the simplistic sleeve captioning of these composers as the ‘first’ and ‘last’ of ...
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ReviewPablo Casals: A Concert at the White House. Casals: El cant dels ocells. F. Couperin: Suite (arr. Bazelaire). Haydn: Piano Trio no.39 in G major ‘Gypsy Rondo’. Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no.1 in D minor
The Strad Issue: November 2015Description: Casals, late in life, with illustrious friends playing for the KennedysMusicians: Pablo Casals (cello) Alexander Schneider, Jacques Thibaud (violin) Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Alfred Cortot (piano)Composer: Casals, F. Couperin, Haydn, Mendelssohn, SchumannThis is the famous concert at the White House on 13 November 1961, ...
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ReviewBrahms: Violin Sonatas: no.2 in A major op.100, no.3 in D minor op.108. Dietrich/Schumann/Brahms: F.A.E.’ Sonata. Schumann: Three Romances op.94
The Strad Issue: November 2015Description: Faust and Melnikov finish their Brahms survey, eight years onMusicians: Isabelle Faust (violin) Alexander Melnikov (piano)Composer: Brahms, Dietrich/Schumann/Brahms, SchumannIsabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov complete their Brahms sonata cycle as they started (2007), with Faust playing a gut-strung 1704 Stradivari and Melnikov a ...
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ReviewDvorák: Cello Concerto in B minor. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor. Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso in B minor
The Strad Issue: October 2015Description: Rostropovich’s fine concerto recordings remastered in high-definition soundMusicians: Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Adrian Boult; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Gennady RozhdestvenskyComposer: Dvorák, Schumann, TchaikovskyHere are two of Mstislav Rostropovich’s best concerto recordings. The 1957 Dvorák, from Abbey Road Studio 1, ...
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ReviewBrahms: Cello Sonatas: no.1 in E minor op.38; no.2 in F major op.99. Schumann: Fantasiestücke op.73
The Strad Issue: October 2015Description: Classical restraint in Romantic music for this French duo’s recording debutMusicians: Bruno Philippe (cello) Tanguy de Williencourt (piano)Composer: Brahms, SchumannTwo young French musicians offer promising and subtly interpreted performances of these central works of the Romantic cello repertoire for their debut disc.Bruno ...
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ReviewBeethoven: Violin Sonatas: no.4 in A minor op.23; no.5 in F major op.24 ‘Spring’. Schumann: Violin Sonata no.1 in A minor op.105
The Strad Issue: October 2015Description: Character and colour from a pair of Bulgarian musicians in AmericaMusicians: Dimitri Hadjipetkov (violin) Sarkis Baltaian (piano)Composer: Beethoven, SchumannDimitri Hadjipetkov and Sarkis Baltaian give a firm, incisive performance of Beethoven’s A minor Sonata, opening with a high-spirited dash through the Presto, punching ...
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ReviewC. Schumann: Romances op.22. R. Schumann: Violin Sonata no.2 in D minor op.121; Märchenbilder op.113
The Strad Issue: September 2015Description: Bright and brisk performances of music by the two SchumannsMusicians: Nurit Stark (violin/viola) Cédric Pescia (piano)Composer: C. Schumann, R. Schumann:Joseph Joachim, who premiered Robert Schumann’s D minor Sonata, proclaimed it ‘one of the loveliest creations of recent times’. It’s hard not to ...
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ArticleRoman Totenberg performs Schumann on the 'Ames' Stradivarius
Violinist Roman Totenberg performs the first movement of Schumann's First Violin Sonata on the 'Ames' Stradivarius with pianist Artur Balsam in a recording from 1976.The 1734 ‘Ames’ Stradivarius, which was stolen from Totenberg in 1980, was recently recovered after 35 years.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital ...
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ReviewBrahms: Piano Quartet no.1 in G minor op.25. Mahler: Piano Quartet in A minor. Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major op.47
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: July 2015Description: New York audience holds its breath for piano quartets from Hope and friendsMusicians: Daniel Hope (violin) Paul Neubauer (viola) David Finckel (cello) Wu Han (piano)Composer: Brahms, Mahler, SchumannThe piano quartet genre belongs to the 19th century, with outliers from Mozart ...
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ReviewOscar Shumsky: Legendary Treasures. Works by Bach, Beethoven, Buxtehude, Hindemith, Kreisler, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Tartini, Telemann and Wieniawski
The Strad Issue: June 2015Description: Historic recordings from a great American violinistMusicians: Oscar Shumsky (violin) Nadia Reisenberg, Carroll Hollister, Mario Bernardi, Leo Barkin, George Schick, Earl Wild, Frank Maus (piano) Lois Marshall, Erna Berger (sopranos) Maureen Forrester (contralto) James Melton (tenor) Bach Aria Group, CBC Orchestra, Al ...
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ReviewMoments of Youth. Bach: Cello Suite no.3 in C major BWV1009. Schumann: Fantasiestücke op.73. Fauré: Élégie. Haydn: Adagio from Cello Concerto no.2 in D major. Cassadó: Requiebros. Piazzolla: Le grand
Description: Debut recital from a teenage cellist – but has he been captured too early?Musicians: Brendan Goh (cello) Reinhard Schobesberger (piano)Composer: Bach, Schumann, Fauré, Haydn, Cassadó, Piazzolla, PaganiniBrendan Goh is clearly a cellist with some promise. At the age of 15 he is already in his first year ...
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ReviewSchumann: String Quartets nos.1–3 op.41
The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: A swift but expressive approach to Schumann’s three quartetsMusicians: Ying QuartetComposer: SchumannOn first acquaintance, the Ying Quartet’s tempos seem uncommonly fast, particularly so in the finale to the First Quartet, where there is a breathless urgency. Checking them against Schumann’s metronome markings, ...
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ReviewSchumann: String Quartets in A minor op.41 no.1, F major op.41 no.2 & A major op.41 no.3
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: February 2015Description: Performances that bring out the Romantic urgency of Schumann’s writingMusicians: Hermès QuartetComposer: SchumannThe Hermès Quartet finds plenty of drama in Schumann’s quartets, and the players like to keep things moving. The First Quartet moves from the still, small voice of ...
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ReviewChopin: Cello Sonata op.65, Etude op.10 no.6 (arr. Glazunov), Wiosna op.74 no.2. Schumann: Adagio and Allegro op.70, Träumerei op.15 no.7 (arr. Davidoff), Im wunderschönen Monat Mai op.48 no.1
The Strad Issue: December 2014Description: A double bassist appropriates music for cello and for voice with successMusicians: Orazio Ferrari (double bass) Marco Sanna (piano)Composer: Chopin, SchumannIt shouldn’t still come as a surprise when a double bassist plays almost as flexibly as a cellist, but this is a ...
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ReviewReinecke: Concerto. Tavener: Threnos. Bloch: Suite no.1 for solo cello. Golijov: Mariel. Schumann: Adagio and Allegro op.70 (orch. Ansermet)
The Strad Issue: November 2014Description: An unusual but largely rewarding collection of mixed cello repertoireMusicians: Michael Samis (cello) Eric Willie (marimba) James Bubbon (oboe) Gateway Chamber Orchestra/Gregory WolynecComposer: Reinecke, Tavener, Bloch, Golijov, SchumannCatalogue Number: Delos DEL 3446Exploring less well-known works such as the 1864 Cello Concerto by ...
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ArticleSchumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major op.44, Piano Quartet in E flat major op.47
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Schubert EnsembleComposer: SchumannIt is the immaculate recorded balance between piano and strings that sets this disc apart from many others, for despite being a prime requirement, this has been the drawback of many eminently recommendable performances.The opening of the Piano Quintet does ...
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