Schumann - Brahms: Sonatas And Songs

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BIS
Release Date
January 3, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRAHMS SCHUMANN
    • PERFORMER
      Poltera, Stott
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 03, 2020
    • UPC
      7318599921679
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2167
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott

    2. II. Sehr lebhaft

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott

    3. III. Leise, einfach

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott

    4. IV. Bewegt

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott

    5. Violin Sonata in A Minor, "F-A-E": II. Intermezzo, WoO 2 (arr. C. Poltéra for cello and piano)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott

    6. Violin Sonata in A Minor, "F-A-E": III. Scherzo in C Minor, WoO 2 (arr. C. Poltéra for cello and piano)

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott

    7. I. Allegro

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott

    8. II. Adagio

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott

    9. III. Un poco presto e con sentimento

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott

    10. IV. Presto agitato

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott

    11. 5 Lieder, Op. 105: No. 1. Wie Melodien zieht es mir (arr. C. Poltéra for cello and piano)

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott

    12. 6 Lieder, Op. 13: No. 2. Sie liebten sich beide (arr. C. Poltéra for cello and piano)

      Composer: Clara Schumann

      Performer: Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott


During the eighteenth century the cello gradually emerged from the anonymity of the continuo group, and by the beginning of the Romantic era the instrument had become an indispensable tool for composers. Robert Schumann, who had himself taken cello lessons, was very fond of it, describing is as a 'beautiful instrument'; and Johannes Brahms, who acquired considerable skill as a cellist, praised it's 'masculine, serious character'. It is therefore to be hoped that neither composer would object to Christian Poltéra's sensitive adaptations of their works. Schumann and Brahms wrote three violin sonatas each, both choosing D minor as the key of one of them. These D minor works are the ones that Poltéra - together with Kathryn Stott, whose piano parts remain unchanged - offers on this disc. The two sonatas are separated by the movements that the two composers contributed to the collaborative 'F-A-E Sonata' - Schumann's Intermezzo and Brahms's Scherzo, and Poltéra and Stott close the disc with two songs - by Brahms and by Clara Schumann, the pianist and composer, and Robert's wife and Brahms's lifelong friend.