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Schumann: Études symphoniques, Op. 13 - Études sur un thème de Beethoven, WoO 31 & Geistervariationen, WoO 24

Claire Désert

Classical - Released September 10, 2021 | Mirare

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From one recording to the next, French pianist Claire Désert continues her exploration of Schumann’s piano works with a new album focussed on the variation genre. She explores the manifold, elusive moods found in the “Symphonic Studies”, the “Etudes in Variation form on a Theme of Beethoven” and the “Geistervariationen” (Ghost Variations), like a diary of the composer. From a tribute to Beethoven to the ultimate variations composed right before sinking into the Rhine, it is all Romanticism that is sung by Schumann's piano, with its breaks and ideals. © Mirare
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R. Schumann: Complete Solo Piano Works, Vol.2 - Carnaval Op. 9, Impromptus über ein Thema von Clara Wieck, Op. 5 & Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26

Dana Ciocarlie

Classical - Released September 29, 2017 | La Dolce Volta

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Clara Wieck, Brahms, Liszt, Schumann & Godowsky: Fantasiebilder aus Wien (Piano Works)

Anna Zassimova

Classical - Released January 21, 2022 | Melism

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Anna Zassimova invites us to a “virtual concert” in this two-part recital, programmed with her customary flair and originality. We are taken on a journey that follows that most Romantic trajectory - from darkness into light. From Brahms’ and Schumann’s turbulent passions to the latter’s scintillating portrait of Vienna, the artistic jewel of nineteenth-century Europe, she renders the images and emotions of the Romantic imagination in a palette of the most vivid colours. Anna Zassimova is internationally renowned for her many award-winning recordings and performances of the Romantic repertoire and of forgotten masterworks of the Russian repertoire. This is her second recording on the Melism label, following her acclaimed recital of Dvořák duets with Christophe Sirodeau. © Melism
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Schumann: Arabeske, Op. 18; Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Toccata, Op. 7; Fantasie, Op. 17; Blumenstück, Op. 19 - Sony Classical Masters

Vladimir Horowitz

Classical - Released October 8, 2010 | Sony Classical

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Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, Schumann, Soler...

Clara Haskil

Solo Piano - Released March 28, 2011 | Les Indispensables de Diapason

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Récital de Besançon, 7 septembre 1956

Clara Haskil

Classical - Released June 27, 2001 | INA Mémoire vive

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Schumann: Works For Piano; Impromptus: Variations On A Theme By Clara Wieck, Op. 5

Yael Weiss

Classical - Released October 17, 2006 | eOne Music International Classics

From the first note, Yael Weiss' playing on this Schumann recital is suffused with poetry. Her opening Humoreske is tenderly colorful, her Klavierstücke in Fughettenform is mysteriously melancholy, her Impromptus über ein Thema con Clara Wieck is warmly passionate, her Geister-Variationen is sweetly lyrical, and her closing Phantasiestücke is oddly but deeply moving. One might wish Weiss' playing had more technical polish in the faster movements -- her hands in the "Sehr Lebhaft" from Humoreske is not quite together -- and more sheer muscle in the tougher movements -- her "Mit grösser Kraft" from the Wieck Impromptus is nowhere near powerful enough -- and might also wish her interpretations had more variety -- her tendency to focus on Schumann's musical beauty slights its rhythmic vivacity and weakens its formal clarity. Still, as a cogent program mixing well-known and lesser-known works played with deep sympathy and great affection, Weiss' Schumann recital makes enjoyable listening for anyone who loves the German Romantic composer. Koch's sound is warm, round, and full, but not clear enough to bring out the details in Schumann's piano writing and the nuances in Weiss' piano playing. © TiVo
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Hamelin: New Piano Works

Marc-André Hamelin

Classical - Released February 2, 2024 | Hyperion

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Marc-André Hamelin, by general acclaim, one of the great virtuosos of the day, here attempts to recapture the compositional as well as technical spirit of the pianistic giants of the past. Liszt, of course, was a pianist-composer, but he was not the only one. Hamelin issued an album of his own etudes in 2010, but in these "New Piano Works," mostly composed during the 2010s, he is even more adventurous. Many of these works are variations of one kind or another, and Hamelin starts off with his own Variations on a Theme of Paganini, previously essayed by Liszt, Rachmaninov, and several others. These variations introduce not only the usual high level of virtuosity but also the eclectic range of references in most of these works; he quotes Rachmaninov's set and also alludes to Alkan, Chopin, Brahms, and others. The variation form is ideal for Hamelin's project, for he can drop in quotations and allusions the same as a 19th century virtuoso would. His Variations diabellique sur des thèmes de Beethoven is a wickedly humorous exegesis on Beethoven's Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120. There are hints of jazz in some of Hamelin's variations, and these flower fully in the Suite à l'ancienne, which annotator Francis Pott proposes as a tribute to the jazz-classical fusionist Nikolai Kapustin; he composed a similar Suite in the Old Style. Hamelin concludes with an explosive Toccata on l'Homme Armé, the medieval tune that served as the basis for numerous Renaissance masses. So Hamelin's range of references is wide, but it is never random, and the listener who missed the subtler allusions will still enjoy the music. This is a bold, highly entertaining re-creation of the role of the classic virtuoso, idiomatically and clearly recorded at London's Henry Wood Hall. This release made classical best-seller lists in early 2024.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Farrenc: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2 - Theme & Variations, Pt. 1

Maria Stratigou

Classical - Released August 11, 2023 | Grand Piano

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Noël sous l'Empire

Quentin Guérillot

Classical - Released December 8, 2023 | Château de Versailles Spectacles

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Debussy: Piano Duets

Louis Lortie

Classical - Released September 9, 2022 | Chandos

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Regular duet and two-piano partners, Hélène Mercier and Louis Lortie have returned to the studio for this all-Debussy programme. The present album features duets written by the composer himself – such as the Petite suite, the Six épigraphes antiques, and the Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire, as well as a number of arrangements of his solo piano pieces (Première Arabesque, La Fille aux cheveux de lin, Ballade slave). The album ends with André Caplet’s monumental arrangement of Debussy’s best-known orchestral work, La Mer. Stripping the work of its orchestral colours, this two-piano version allows the listener to appreciate more easily Debussy’s ground-breaking harmonic innovation. The album was recorded in the concert hall at Snape Maltings, in Suffolk, using a pair of Bösendorfer 280 VC grand pianos. © Chandos
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Fantaisie Romantique: 19th-Century Eastern European Guitar Music

James Akers

Classical - Released February 9, 2024 | Resonus Classics

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Trois siècles d'orgue à Notre Dame de Paris

Olivier Latry

Classical - Released April 22, 2012 | naïve classique

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Schumann, C.: Complete Piano Works

Jozef de Beenhouwer

Classical - Released August 21, 2001 | CPO

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Le bel été (OST)

Lionel Limiñana

Alternative & Indie - Released November 15, 2019 | Berreto Music

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