Schumann: 1839 - Year of Piano / Alexandra Papstefanou

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Label
First Hand Records
Release Date
February 12, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SCHUMANN, ROBERT
    • PERFORMER
      Alexandra Papastefanou
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 12, 2021
    • UPC
      5060216343112
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FHR112
    • LABEL
      First Hand Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Einfach: Sehr rasch und leicht -

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    2. Hastig -

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    3. Einfach und zart: Intermezzo -

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    4. Innig -

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    5. Sehr lebhaft - Mit einigen Pomp -

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    6. Zum Beschluss

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    7. No. 1. Mehr langsam, oft zurückhaltend (Trauerzug)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    8. No. 2. Markiert und lebhaft (Kuriose Gesellschaft)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    9. No. 3. Mit grosser Lebhaftigkeit (Nächtliches Gelage)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    10. No. 4. Ad libitum - Einfach (Rundgesang mit Solostimmen)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    11. Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    12. Blumenstuck in D-Flat Major, Op. 19

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    13. I. Allegro: Sehr lebhaft

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    14. II. Romanze

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    15. III. Scherzino

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    16. IV. Intermezzo

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    17. V. Finale

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    18. No. 1 in B-Flat Minor

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    19. No. 2 in F-Sharp Major

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    20. No. 3 in B Major

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    21. 3 Stücklein: No. 1. Nicht schnell, mit Innigkeit

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    22. 3 Stücklein: No. 2. Sehr rasch

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    23. 3 Stücklein: No. 3. Frisch

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    24. Praludium

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    25. 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 32: No. 4. Fughette

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou

    26. Albumblätter, Op. 124: No. 19. Phantasiestück

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Alexandra Papastefanou


1839 was Schumann’s most productive year of writing for solo piano, and the last year he wrote a major work for piano solo. The following year, Schumann wrote no works for solo piano, focusing a new energy in writing songs. 1840 is famously known as his ‘Year of Song’ (Liederjahr), hence our coined title ‘Year of Piano’ with all the works on this album, apart from 3 Stücklein, written in 1838. This is Papastefanou’s third album for FHR. Alexandra Papstefanou graduated from Athens Conservatoire, where she studied piano under Aliki Vatikioti. She followed her studies with Olga Zhukova at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, with Peter Solymos, at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and, on a scholarship from the Alexander Onassis Foundati on, at the University of Indiana in Bloomington, USA, with the highly infl uencial teacher György Seb?k. She has also taken lessons from Alfred Brendel.