Schumann & Brahms
Benjamin Grosvenor
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After two glorious albums devoted to Chopin and Liszt, Benjamin Grosvenor continues his exploration of the Romantic period by tackling the third leading faction of the genre, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms (who was a close friend of both the Schumann’s). The Kreisleriana, like many of Schumann’s other cycles, are a virtuosic reflection on his artistic 'doubles'; Eusebius, the melancholic dreamer, and Florestan, the feverish and passionate rake. The Three Romances Op.28 expresses Schumann's eternal and unconditional love for Clara, who saw in these pieces "the most beautiful love dialogues". In the last movement of the Sonata No. 3 Op.14, Schumann makes an elegant reference to his own Kreisleriana. Clara Wieck's Variations on a Theme of Schumann later inspired Brahms to write his own variations on the same theme. There are similarities in character to his Intermezzi at the end of the album.
With his singular and unmistakable touch, Benjamin Grosvenor delivers an interpretation of unadulterated purity, with a simple and luminous audio recording that gives these great passages their deserved nobility. © Pierre Lamy/Qobuz
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Kreisleriana, op. 16 (Robert Schumann)
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
3 Romanzen, Op. 28 (Robert Schumann)
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14 (Robert Schumann)
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Arranger, Piano, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20 (Clara Schumann)
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clara Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clara Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clara Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clara Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clara Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clara Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clara Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clara Schumann, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Intermezzi, Op. 117 (Johannes Brahms)
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johannes Brahms, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johannes Brahms, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johannes Brahms, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Album Description
After two glorious albums devoted to Chopin and Liszt, Benjamin Grosvenor continues his exploration of the Romantic period by tackling the third leading faction of the genre, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms (who was a close friend of both the Schumann’s). The Kreisleriana, like many of Schumann’s other cycles, are a virtuosic reflection on his artistic 'doubles'; Eusebius, the melancholic dreamer, and Florestan, the feverish and passionate rake. The Three Romances Op.28 expresses Schumann's eternal and unconditional love for Clara, who saw in these pieces "the most beautiful love dialogues". In the last movement of the Sonata No. 3 Op.14, Schumann makes an elegant reference to his own Kreisleriana. Clara Wieck's Variations on a Theme of Schumann later inspired Brahms to write his own variations on the same theme. There are similarities in character to his Intermezzi at the end of the album.
With his singular and unmistakable touch, Benjamin Grosvenor delivers an interpretation of unadulterated purity, with a simple and luminous audio recording that gives these great passages their deserved nobility. © Pierre Lamy/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 27 track(s)
- Total length: 01:25:32
- Main artists: Benjamin Grosvenor
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
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24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo
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