Marina Samson-Primachenko is one of the most outstanding representatives of the Russian piano school. Among her other accomplishments, she was a student of Heinrich Neuhaus. In her past, she was considered a miraculous child, and she started acting at the age of four. She currently acts pedagogically at the Schola cantorum in Paris and often conducts master classes in Europe, along with well-known authors. She also likes the rare repertoire – for example, she has chosen to perform the preserved autographs of Borise Pasternaka. For two her new piano albums with ArcoDiva she has chosen to interpret the romantic poet Robert Schumann. Thisalbum is the first installment in her project, and includes Schumann’s Intermezzi, Op. 4, and Symphonische Etuden in Form von Variationen, Op. 13.

SCHUMANN, R.: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 and 3

R. Schumann: Works for Piano & Orchestra

Classical Music

A 2020 GRAMMY Nominee for Best Small Ensemble/Chamber Music Performance!

The Dover Quartet, in their first release on Azica Records, have recorded the complete string quartets of Robert Schumann. The phenomenal Dover Quartet catapulted to international stardom following a stunning sweep of the 2013 Banff Competition, at which they won every prize. Named the Cleveland Quartet Award-winner, and honored with the coveted Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Dover has become one of the most in-demand ensembles in the world. The Quartet’s rise from up-and-coming young ensemble to occupying a spot at the top of their field has been “practically meteoric” (Strings). With its burnished warmth, incisive rhythms, and natural phrasing, the Quartet’s distinctive sound has helped confirm its status as “the young American string quartet of the moment” (New Yorker). The Quartet serves as the quartet-in-residence for the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, Chamber Music Northwest, Artosphere, the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, and Peoples’ Symphony in New York, and was recently named the first-ever quartet-in-residence for the Kennedy Center.

SCHUMANN, R.: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

SCHUMANN, R.: Piano Trios, Vol. 2

SCHUMANN, R.: Piano Trios No. 1, Op. 63 and No. 2, Op. 80

SCHUMANN, R.: Kreisleriana / Waldszenen / Blumenstuck

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SCHUMANN, R.: Overtures

Schumann, R.: Works for Oboe and Piano

Schumann, R.: Kreisleriana / Faschingsschwank Aus Wien

SCHUMANN, R.: Piano Sonata No. 2 / Nachtstucke / Arabeske

SCHUMANN, R.: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4