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Robert Schumann was never more purely Romantic than in his set of piano pieces Kreisleriana, Op. 16. The set is of extramusical, literary inspiration, taking its name from a character in stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann, and it features the explosive imagination of the young Schumann at its best. Schumann announced the work, which he apparently wrote in four days, rather breathlessly to his inamorata, Clara, and more than almost any other work of his, it seems to spill over the boundaries of the short piano piece. Hélène Grimaud has recorded the work before, but she seems to have added intensity this time around. She is nervously excited in the faster virtuosic numbers, but sample No. 4 to hear her marvelous control over the tonal instability that appears in many of these pieces. The Brahms Intermezzi, Op. 117, were also "For Clara," sent to Clara Schumann toward the end of his life; the two had remained friends, and here, in Grimaud's evocation of tempestuous old-school pianism, one is stirred to wonder what Clara sounded like playing this music. The connection of the nine Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 32, of Brahms to Clara is less clear, and the set, with baritone Konstantin Krimmel on the vocals, may seem like an afterthought; the three performances on the album were all made at different places and times. However, taken on its own terms, it is a fine performance of this set, consisting entirely of settings of texts by Eastern poets. Krimmel catches the rather mystical nature of the songs, and Grimaud, with whom he has worked in the past, is effective as an accompanist. This is an important entry in Grimaud's catalog, with a Kreisleriana that is as fine as any.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Robert Schumann, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Robert Schumann, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Robert Schumann, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Robert Schumann, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Robert Schumann, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Robert Schumann, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Robert Schumann, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
3 Intermezzi, Op. 117 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Ole Bunke, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Ole Bunke, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Ole Bunke, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
9 Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 32 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - August Platen, Author - Konstantin Krimmel, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georg Friedrich Daumer, Author - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Konstantin Krimmel, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - August Platen, Author - Konstantin Krimmel, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - August Platen, Author - Konstantin Krimmel, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - August Platen, Author - Konstantin Krimmel, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - August Platen, Author - Konstantin Krimmel, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georg Friedrich Daumer, Translator - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Mohammad Hafez, Author - Konstantin Krimmel, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georg Friedrich Daumer, Translator - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Mohammad Hafez, Author - Konstantin Krimmel, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georg Friedrich Daumer, Translator - Stephan Flock, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Mohammad Hafez, Author - Konstantin Krimmel, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
Robert Schumann was never more purely Romantic than in his set of piano pieces Kreisleriana, Op. 16. The set is of extramusical, literary inspiration, taking its name from a character in stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann, and it features the explosive imagination of the young Schumann at its best. Schumann announced the work, which he apparently wrote in four days, rather breathlessly to his inamorata, Clara, and more than almost any other work of his, it seems to spill over the boundaries of the short piano piece. Hélène Grimaud has recorded the work before, but she seems to have added intensity this time around. She is nervously excited in the faster virtuosic numbers, but sample No. 4 to hear her marvelous control over the tonal instability that appears in many of these pieces. The Brahms Intermezzi, Op. 117, were also "For Clara," sent to Clara Schumann toward the end of his life; the two had remained friends, and here, in Grimaud's evocation of tempestuous old-school pianism, one is stirred to wonder what Clara sounded like playing this music. The connection of the nine Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 32, of Brahms to Clara is less clear, and the set, with baritone Konstantin Krimmel on the vocals, may seem like an afterthought; the three performances on the album were all made at different places and times. However, taken on its own terms, it is a fine performance of this set, consisting entirely of settings of texts by Eastern poets. Krimmel catches the rather mystical nature of the songs, and Grimaud, with whom he has worked in the past, is effective as an accompanist. This is an important entry in Grimaud's catalog, with a Kreisleriana that is as fine as any.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:08
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Hélène Grimaud Konstantin Krimmel
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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