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Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs compositional works by Robert Schumann including Kreisleriana and Andantino from Sonata No. 3.
It is always tempting with the "Kreisleriana," a portrayal of E.T.A. Hoffmann's wild, eccentric and genial Kapellmeister Kreisler, to study both the literary figure and to try to identify the characteristics of the composer Robert Schumann himself. In the eight Fantasies, as Schumann called them, we find a romantically colored reflection of the ups and downs of life, which an artist such as Vladimir Horowitz could empathize with. Right in the very first movement, furious chains of triplets like electrical fire (Hoffmann) seem to leap out of the keyboard. With a cool mind and extreme sensitivity, Horowitz treats the extreme tempo markings such as 'very heartfelt, very agitated, very fast' with restrain, resulting in a haunting and controlled expression.
The result is an effusion of gently flowing melodies and swift, pulsating movement full of spirited rhythm which heightens to nervous emotion. Rich, saturated sounds from the piano breathe life into even the quietest passages and the listener's highest expectations are totally fulfilled - as such a key work deserves. It only takes a little imagination to conjure up something of the irony and humor of the romanticist when the music vibrates in the play of facial muscles of the Kapellmeister Kreisler.
Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana, Op. 16 contains eight movements composed for solo piano written in 1838. The work is a dramatic work considered to be one of Schumann's finest and was dedicated to Frederic Chopin and also is a testament to his love for his wife Clara.
Features:
180g Virgin Vinyl
High Quality Pressing
Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering
Musicians:
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Selections:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Side One:
1. Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck (Third Movement--Andantino--from Sonata No.3 in F Minor, Op. 14)
2. Kreisleriana, Op.16 (Beginning)
I. Ausserst bewegt
II. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch
Side Two:
1. Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (Conclusion)
III. Sehr aufgeregt
IV. Sehr langsam
V. Sehr lebhaft
VI. Sehr langsam
VII. Sehr rasch
VIII. Schnell und spielend
Recording: February and December 1964 at Columbia's 30th Street Studio, New York, by Fred Plaut
Production: Richard Killough
Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs compositional works by Robert Schumann including Kreisleriana and Andantino from Sonata No. 3.
It is always tempting with the "Kreisleriana," a portrayal of E.T.A. Hoffmann's wild, eccentric and genial Kapellmeister Kreisler, to study both the literary figure and to try to identify the characteristics of the composer Robert Schumann himself. In the eight Fantasies, as Schumann called them, we find a romantically colored reflection of the ups and downs of life, which an artist such as Vladimir Horowitz could empathize with. Right in the very first movement, furious chains of triplets like electrical fire (Hoffmann) seem to leap out of the keyboard. With a cool mind and extreme sensitivity, Horowitz treats the extreme tempo markings such as 'very heartfelt, very agitated, very fast' with restrain, resulting in a haunting and controlled expression.
The result is an effusion of gently flowing melodies and swift, pulsating movement full of spirited rhythm which heightens to nervous emotion. Rich, saturated sounds from the piano breathe life into even the quietest passages and the listener's highest expectations are totally fulfilled - as such a key work deserves. It only takes a little imagination to conjure up something of the irony and humor of the romanticist when the music vibrates in the play of facial muscles of the Kapellmeister Kreisler.
Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana, Op. 16 contains eight movements composed for solo piano written in 1838. The work is a dramatic work considered to be one of Schumann's finest and was dedicated to Frederic Chopin and also is a testament to his love for his wife Clara.
Features:
180g Virgin Vinyl
High Quality Pressing
Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering
Musicians:
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Selections:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Side One:
1. Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck (Third Movement--Andantino--from Sonata No.3 in F Minor, Op. 14)
2. Kreisleriana, Op.16 (Beginning)
I. Ausserst bewegt
II. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch
Side Two:
1. Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (Conclusion)
III. Sehr aufgeregt
IV. Sehr langsam
V. Sehr lebhaft
VI. Sehr langsam
VII. Sehr rasch
VIII. Schnell und spielend
Recording: February and December 1964 at Columbia's 30th Street Studio, New York, by Fred Plaut
Production: Richard Killough
