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Various Artists- Easy Listening Piano Classics

SKU: 747313808373
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The son of a bookseller, publisher and writer, Robert Schumann (1810-1856) showed early abilities in both music and literature, the second facility used in his later writing on musical subjects. After brief study at university, he was allowed by his widowed mother and guardian to undertake serious study of the piano with Friedrich Wieck, whose favorite daughter Clara was later to become Schumann's wife. His ambitions as a pianist were thwarted by a weakness in the fingers of one hand, but the 1830s nevertheless brought a number of compositions for the instrument. Indeed, all of his published compositions until 1840 were for piano. The year of his marriage, 1840, was a year of song, followed by attempts in which his young wife encouraged him at more ambitious forms of orchestral composition. Settling first in Leipzig and then in Dresden, the Schumanns moved in 1850 to Düsseldorf, where Schumann had his first official appointment, as municipal director of music. In 1854 he had a serious mental break-down, followed by two years in the asylum at Endenich before his death in 1856. As a composer Schumann's gifts are clearly heard in his piano music and in his songs. Schumann exerted considerable influence throughout the 19th century and later, both as a composer and through his writing on music. His protégé Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) helped to spread Schumann's ideals and musical style widely. Edward Elgar (1857-1934) called Schumann 'my ideal'. Composers as different as Mahler and Stravinsky were also great admirers. The piano music of Schumann, whether written for himself, for his wife, or, in later years, for his children, offers a wealth of material. From the earlier period comes Carnaval, a series of short musical scenes based on the letters of the composer's name and that of the town of Asch, home of Ernestine von Fricken, a fellow-student of Friedrich Wieck, to whom Schumann was briefly engaged. The same period brought the Davidsbündlertänze (Dances of the League of David), a reference to the imaginary league of friends of art against the surrounding Philistines. This decade also brought the first version of the monumental Symphonic Studies, based on a theme by the father of Ernestine von Fricken, and the well known Kinderszenen (Scenes of Childhood). Later piano music by Schumann includes the Album für die Jugend of 1848, Waldszenen (Forest Scenes) of 1849 and the collected Bunte Blätter (Coloured Leaves) and Albumblätter (Album Leaves) drawn from earlier work. Schumann achieved considerable innovations, whether in his many short character pieces or in his more substantial compositions, where flamboyance and restraint, high drama and tender lyricism, a co-mingling of literary and musical ideas are all at play. His piano music is frequently multi-layered, the melody may be embedded within a complex texture rather than being limited to the right hand, and he often moves from one idea to another with almost shocking swiftness. Harmonic ambiguity and a sense of fragmentation are frequently encountered, quintessentially Romantic ploys which often add great poignancy to his music.

Tracklist:

  1. Arabeske In C Major, Op. 18
  2. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 1. Melodie (Melody)
  3. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 2. Soldatenmarsch (Soldier's March)
  4. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 3. Trallerliedchen (A Song To Hum)
  5. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 4. Ein Choral (A Chorale)
  6. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 5. Stuckchen (Little Piece)
  7. Fantasiestucke, Op. 12: No. 1. Des Abends
  8. Waldscenen, Op. 82: No. 1. Eintritt (Entering The Forest)
  9. Waldscenen, Op. 82: No. 3. Einsame Blumen (Solitary Flowers)
  10. Waldscenen, Op. 82: No. 7. Vogel Als Prophet (The Songster-Prophet)
  11. Waldscenen, Op. 82: No. 9. Abschied (Farewell To The Forest)
  12. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 6. Armes Waisenkind (Orphan Child)
  13. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 8. Wilder Reiter (Wild Horseman)
  14. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 10. Frohlicher Landmann, Von Der Arbeit Zuruckkehr
  15. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 14. Kleine Studie (Short Study)
  16. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 15. Fruhlingsgesang (Song Of Spring)
  17. 3 Romanzen, Op. 28: No. 2 In F Sharp Major
  18. Kinderszenen (Scenes Of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 1. Von Fremden Landern Und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands And People)
  19. Kinderszenen (Scenes Of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 2. Curiose Geschichte (A Strange Story)
  20. Kinderszenen (Scenes Of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 4. Bittendes Kind (Pleading Child)
  21. Kinderszenen (Scenes Of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 5. Gluckes Genug (Happy Enough)
  22. Fantasie In C Major, Op. 17: iII. Langsam Getragen
  23. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part II: Fur Erwachsenere: No. 24. Ernteliedchen
  24. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part II: Fur Erwachsenere: No. 26. —
  25. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part II: Fur Erwachsenere: No. 28. Erinnerung
  26. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part II: Fur Erwachsenere: No. 30. —
  27. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part II: Fur Erwachsenere: No. 35. Mignon
  28. Piano Sonata No. 1 In F Sharp Minor, Op. 11: II. Aria
  29. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 5. Eusebius
  30. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 7. Coquette
  31. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 8. Replique
  32. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 12. Chopin
  33. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 14. Reconnaissance
  34. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 18. Aveu
  35. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part II: Fur Erwachsenere: No. 20. Landliches Lied
  36. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part II: Fur Erwachsenere: No. 21. —
  37. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part II: Fur Erwachsenere: No. 22. Rundgesang
  38. Kinderszenen (Scenes Of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 7. Traumerei (Dreaming)
  39. Kinderszenen (Scenes Of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 8. Am Kamin (By The Fire-Side)
  40. Kinderszenen (Scenes Of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 10. Fast Zu Ernst (Almost Too Serious)
  41. Kinderszenen (Scenes Of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 12. Kind im Einschlummern (Child Falling Asleep)
  42. Piano Sonata No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 22: II. Andantino
  43. Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6: No. 1. Lebhaft
  44. Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6: No. 2. Innig
  45. Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6: No. 5. Einfach
  46. Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6: No. 11. Einfach
  47. Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6: No. 12. Mit Humor
  48. Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6: No. 14. Zart Und Singend
  49. Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6: No. 18. Nicht Schnell
  50. Bunte Blatter, Op. 99: 3 Stucklein: No. 1. Nicht Schnell, Mit Innigkeit
  51. Bunte Blatter, Op. 99: 5 Albumblatter: No. 3. Ziemlich Langsam, Sehr Gesangvoll
  52. Etudes Symphoniques (Symphonic Etudes), Op. 13: Etude 3: Vivace
  53. Etudes Symphoniques (Symphonic Etudes), Op. 13: Anhang Variation 4
  54. Etudes Symphoniques (Symphonic Etudes), Op. 13: Anhang Variation 5
  55. Etudes Symphoniques (Symphonic Etudes), Op. 13: Etude 11: Con Espressione
  56. Fantasiestucke, Op. 12: No. 3. Warum?
  57. Theme And Variations On The Name Abegg, Op. 1
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Various Artists- Easy Listening Piano Classics

SKU: 747313808373
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Release Date: 02.23.2010

 
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The son of a bookseller, publisher and writer, Robert Schumann (1810-1856) showed early abilities in both music and literature, the second facility used in his later writing on musical subjects. After brief study at university, he was allowed by his widowed mother and guardian to undertake serious study of the piano with Friedrich Wieck, whose favorite daughter Clara was later to become Schumann's wife. His ambitions as a pianist were thwarted by a weakness in the fingers of one hand, but the 1830s nevertheless brought a number of compositions for the instrument. Indeed, all of his published compositions until 1840 were for piano. The year of his marriage, 1840, was a year of song, followed by attempts in which his young wife encouraged him at more ambitious forms of orchestral composition. Settling first in Leipzig and then in Dresden, the Schumanns moved in 1850 to Düsseldorf, where Schumann had his first official appointment, as municipal director of music. In 1854 he had a serious mental break-down, followed by two years in the asylum at Endenich before his death in 1856. As a composer Schumann's gifts are clearly heard in his piano music and in his songs. Schumann exerted considerable influence throughout the 19th century and later, both as a composer and through his writing on music. His protégé Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) helped to spread Schumann's ideals and musical style widely. Edward Elgar (1857-1934) called Schumann 'my ideal'. Composers as different as Mahler and Stravinsky were also great admirers. The piano music of Schumann, whether written for himself, for his wife, or, in later years, for his children, offers a wealth of material. From the earlier period comes Carnaval, a series of short musical scenes based on the letters of the composer's name and that of the town of Asch, home of Ernestine von Fricken, a fellow-student of Friedrich Wieck, to whom Schumann was briefly engaged. The same period brought the Davidsbündlertänze (Dances of the League of David), a reference to the imaginary league of friends of art against the surrounding Philistines. This decade also brought the first version of the monumental Symphonic Studies, based on a theme by the father of Ernestine von Fricken, and the well known Kinderszenen (Scenes of Childhood). Later piano music by Schumann includes the Album für die Jugend of 1848, Waldszenen (Forest Scenes) of 1849 and the collected Bunte Blätter (Coloured Leaves) and Albumblätter (Album Leaves) drawn from earlier work. Schumann achieved considerable innovations, whether in his many short character pieces or in his more substantial compositions, where flamboyance and restraint, high drama and tender lyricism, a co-mingling of literary and musical ideas are all at play. His piano music is frequently multi-layered, the melody may be embedded within a complex texture rather than being limited to the right hand, and he often moves from one idea to another with almost shocking swiftness. Harmonic ambiguity and a sense of fragmentation are frequently encountered, quintessentially Romantic ploys which often add great poignancy to his music.

Tracklist:

  1. Arabeske In C Major, Op. 18
  2. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 1. Melodie (Melody)
  3. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 2. Soldatenmarsch (Soldier's March)
  4. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 3. Trallerliedchen (A Song To Hum)
  5. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 4. Ein Choral (A Chorale)
  6. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 5. Stuckchen (Little Piece)
  7. Fantasiestucke, Op. 12: No. 1. Des Abends
  8. Waldscenen, Op. 82: No. 1. Eintritt (Entering The Forest)
  9. Waldscenen, Op. 82: No. 3. Einsame Blumen (Solitary Flowers)
  10. Waldscenen, Op. 82: No. 7. Vogel Als Prophet (The Songster-Prophet)
  11. Waldscenen, Op. 82: No. 9. Abschied (Farewell To The Forest)
  12. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 6. Armes Waisenkind (Orphan Child)
  13. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 8. Wilder Reiter (Wild Horseman)
  14. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 10. Frohlicher Landmann, Von Der Arbeit Zuruckkehr
  15. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 14. Kleine Studie (Short Study)
  16. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 15. Fruhlingsgesang (Song Of Spring)
  17. 3 Romanzen, Op. 28: No. 2 In F Sharp Major
  18. Kinderszenen (Scenes Of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 1. Von Fremden Landern Und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands And People)
  19. Kinderszenen (Scenes Of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 2. Curiose Geschichte (A Strange Story)
  20. Kinderszenen (Scenes Of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 4. Bittendes Kind (Pleading Child)
  21. Kinderszenen (Scenes Of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 5. Gluckes Genug (Happy Enough)
  22. Fantasie In C Major, Op. 17: iII. Langsam Getragen
  23. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part II: Fur Erwachsenere: No. 24. Ernteliedchen
  24. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part II: Fur Erwachsenere: No. 26. —
  25. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part II: Fur Erwachsenere: No. 28. Erinnerung
  26. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part II: Fur Erwachsenere: No. 30. —
  27. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part II: Fur Erwachsenere: No. 35. Mignon
  28. Piano Sonata No. 1 In F Sharp Minor, Op. 11: II. Aria
  29. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 5. Eusebius
  30. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 7. Coquette
  31. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 8. Replique
  32. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 12. Chopin
  33. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 14. Reconnaissance
  34. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 18. Aveu
  35. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part II: Fur Erwachsenere: No. 20. Landliches Lied
  36. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part II: Fur Erwachsenere: No. 21. —
  37. Album Fur Die Jugend (Album For The Young), Op. 68, Part II: Fur Erwachsenere: No. 22. Rundgesang
  38. Kinderszenen (Scenes Of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 7. Traumerei (Dreaming)
  39. Kinderszenen (Scenes Of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 8. Am Kamin (By The Fire-Side)
  40. Kinderszenen (Scenes Of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 10. Fast Zu Ernst (Almost Too Serious)
  41. Kinderszenen (Scenes Of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 12. Kind im Einschlummern (Child Falling Asleep)
  42. Piano Sonata No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 22: II. Andantino
  43. Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6: No. 1. Lebhaft
  44. Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6: No. 2. Innig
  45. Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6: No. 5. Einfach
  46. Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6: No. 11. Einfach
  47. Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6: No. 12. Mit Humor
  48. Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6: No. 14. Zart Und Singend
  49. Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6: No. 18. Nicht Schnell
  50. Bunte Blatter, Op. 99: 3 Stucklein: No. 1. Nicht Schnell, Mit Innigkeit
  51. Bunte Blatter, Op. 99: 5 Albumblatter: No. 3. Ziemlich Langsam, Sehr Gesangvoll
  52. Etudes Symphoniques (Symphonic Etudes), Op. 13: Etude 3: Vivace
  53. Etudes Symphoniques (Symphonic Etudes), Op. 13: Anhang Variation 4
  54. Etudes Symphoniques (Symphonic Etudes), Op. 13: Anhang Variation 5
  55. Etudes Symphoniques (Symphonic Etudes), Op. 13: Etude 11: Con Espressione
  56. Fantasiestucke, Op. 12: No. 3. Warum?
  57. Theme And Variations On The Name Abegg, Op. 1