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C. Schumann: Piano Music / Yoshiko Iwai

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Composer
SCHUMANN C.
Artist
Yoshiko, Iwai
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
May 01, 1999
Catalog #
8553501
UPC
730099450126

About

Clara Schumann's life reads like a romantic novel. Bred to the life of a piano prodigy, Clara Wieck was a teenager on the brink of a major career when she fell in love with the great composer and pianist Robert Schumann. Her father vehemently opposed the liaison, and they eventually petitioned the courts in order to marry. She maintained some semblance of a career over the next 14 years, during which she gave birth to eight children and cared for her emotionally unstable, suicidal husband who finally died in an asylum after suffering a complete breakdown.
With great resolution, Clara Schumann continued performing and supported her family while serving as guardian of her husband's legacy. Understandably, most of her few compositions are early efforts, and they sound like the work of a talented student influenced by Robert Schumann.
One of the most outstanding is the touching set of variations on a Schumann theme she gave her husband as a birthday gift shortly before his collapse. Pianist Yoshiko Iwai presents a powerful argument for the variations and is evocative in the shorter pieces, all well recorded by Naxos.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I. Andante 03:30
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Yoshiko Iwai
  2. 2 II. Andante 05:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Yoshiko Iwai
  3. 3 III. Moderato 04:36
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Moderato
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Yoshiko Iwai
  4. 4 I. Allegro 08:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:54
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Yoshiko Iwai
  5. 5 II. Adagio: Con espressione e ben legato 03:01
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio: Con espressione e ben legato
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Yoshiko Iwai
  6. 6 III. Scherzo and Trio 02:36
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Scherzo and Trio
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Yoshiko Iwai
  7. 7 IV. Rondo 05:29
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Rondo
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Yoshiko Iwai
  8. 8 I. Toccatina 02:07
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Toccatina
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Yoshiko Iwai
  9. 9 II. Notturno 04:38
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Notturno
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Yoshiko Iwai
  10. 10 III. Mazurka 03:06
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Mazurka
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Yoshiko Iwai
  11. 11 IV. Ballade 06:10
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Ballade
    Duration
    06:10
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Yoshiko Iwai
  12. 12 V. Mazurka 02:15
    Track
    12
    Title
    V. Mazurka
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Yoshiko Iwai
  13. 13 VI. Polonaise 03:40
    Track
    13
    Title
    VI. Polonaise
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Yoshiko Iwai
  14. 14 Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20 11:16
    Track
    14
    Title
    Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20
    Duration
    11:16
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Yoshiko Iwai
  15. 15 Romance in A Minor 04:09
    Track
    15
    Title
    Romance in A Minor
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Yoshiko Iwai