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Composer
Robert Schumann
Artist
Jimin Oh-Havenith
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Audite Musikproduktion
Released
Aug 07, 2026
Catalog #
ADT97840
UPC
4022143978400

About

Jimin Oh-Havenith dedicates this volume of her Schumann edition to his variations, which form the beginning, the core, and the conclusion of his unique piano oeuvre. In the fourth instalment of her widely acclaimed Schumann edition, Jimin Oh-Havenith turns to his works for piano in variation form. Three of the pieces recorded here occupy a singular place in Schumann's biography: both his first published composition, the Abegg Variations, and his final completed work, the so-called Ghost Variations, belong to this genre. The twelve Symphonic Etudes - situated chronologically at the heart of his piano output of the 1830s, long revered by pianists yet equally feared for their formidable technical demands - are likewise variations on a theme. Whereas the young Schumann, in the Abegg Variations, conjured a sparkling and virtuosic play on musical letters from the name of a Heidelberg acquaintance, the Ghost Variations unfold as a deeply moving dialogue between the gravely ill composer and his great models, Schubert and Mendelssohn Bartholdy. This extraordinary breadth of expression once again affords Jimin Oh-Havenith the opportunity to demonstrate the intensity and originality of her Schumann interpretation.

Critic reviews

  • “Jimin Oh-Havenith plays the theme in an intimate and contemplative manner. These introspective moods carry over into the first variation as well, lending the music a floating and almost fleeting character, as if it might vanish at any moment.”

    Pizzicato, 5 stars, August 2026

Tracklist 31 tracks

  1. 1 Theme 00:49
    Track
    1
    Title
    Theme
    Duration
    00:49
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  2. 2 Variation 1 00:57
    Track
    2
    Title
    Variation 1
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  3. 3 Variation 2 01:01
    Track
    3
    Title
    Variation 2
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  4. 4 Variation 3 01:06
    Track
    4
    Title
    Variation 3
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  5. 5 Variation 4: Cantabile 01:44
    Track
    5
    Title
    Variation 4: Cantabile
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  6. 6 Variation 5: Finale alla Fantasia 02:44
    Track
    6
    Title
    Variation 5: Finale alla Fantasia
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  7. 7 Thema: Andante 01:47
    Track
    7
    Title
    Thema: Andante
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  8. 8 Etude 1: Un poco più vivo 01:24
    Track
    8
    Title
    Etude 1: Un poco più vivo
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  9. 9 Etude 2: Espressivo 03:10
    Track
    9
    Title
    Etude 2: Espressivo
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  10. 10 Etude 3: Vivace 01:31
    Track
    10
    Title
    Etude 3: Vivace
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  11. 11 Etude 4: Allegro marcato 01:07
    Track
    11
    Title
    Etude 4: Allegro marcato
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  12. 12 Etude 5: Scherzando 01:32
    Track
    12
    Title
    Etude 5: Scherzando
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  13. 13 Etude 6: Agitato 01:03
    Track
    13
    Title
    Etude 6: Agitato
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  14. 14 Etude 7: Allegro molto 01:28
    Track
    14
    Title
    Etude 7: Allegro molto
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  15. 15 Etude 8: Sempre marcatissimo 02:40
    Track
    15
    Title
    Etude 8: Sempre marcatissimo
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  16. 16 Etude 9: Presto possibile 00:48
    Track
    16
    Title
    Etude 9: Presto possibile
    Duration
    00:48
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  17. 17 Etude 10: Sempre con energia 01:27
    Track
    17
    Title
    Etude 10: Sempre con energia
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  18. 18 Etude 11: Con espressione 01:52
    Track
    18
    Title
    Etude 11: Con espressione
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  19. 19 Etude 12: Finale: Allegro brillante 07:50
    Track
    19
    Title
    Etude 12: Finale: Allegro brillante
    Duration
    07:50
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  20. 20 Anhang Variation 1 02:17
    Track
    20
    Title
    Anhang Variation 1
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  21. 21 Anhang Variation 2 02:33
    Track
    21
    Title
    Anhang Variation 2
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  22. 22 Anhang Variation 3 01:55
    Track
    22
    Title
    Anhang Variation 3
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  23. 23 Anhang Variation 4 03:13
    Track
    23
    Title
    Anhang Variation 4
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  24. 24 Anhang Variation 5 02:25
    Track
    24
    Title
    Anhang Variation 5
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  25. 25 Theme 02:40
    Track
    25
    Title
    Theme
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  26. 26 Variation 1 02:00
    Track
    26
    Title
    Variation 1
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  27. 27 Variation 2 02:28
    Track
    27
    Title
    Variation 2
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  28. 28 Variation 3 02:16
    Track
    28
    Title
    Variation 3
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  29. 29 Variation 4 02:37
    Track
    29
    Title
    Variation 4
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  30. 30 Variation 5 02:13
    Track
    30
    Title
    Variation 5
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith
  31. 31 3 Romanzen, Op. 28: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major 03:05
    Track
    31
    Title
    3 Romanzen, Op. 28: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jimin Oh-Havenith