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Schumann: Davidsbündlertanze, Fantasiestücke / Frith
Naxos

Schumann: Davidsbündlertanze, Fantasiestücke / Frith

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Composer
SCHUMANN
Artist
Benjamin, Frith
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Sep 16, 1992
Catalog #
8550493
UPC
730099549325

About

The Davidsbündlertänze, Opus 6, and the Fantasiestücke, Opus 12, both belong to the year 1837. Wieck had insisted that Clara should not see Schumann and that letters should be returned. The latter, despairing of success in his pursuit of Clara, turned to drink and conduct that his landlady, at least, found reprehensible. At one point he sought revenge on Clara by publishing a satire mocking both her and a young man who had been brought in by her father to give her singing lessons. He dedicated his Fantasiestücke, written between 22nd May and 4th July, to an attractive eighteen-year-old Scottish pianist, Robena Laidlaw. It was Clara who brought about a reconciliation through an intermediary so that August saw her pledged to him and in September they were able to meet again. The Davidsbündlertänze were written in the late summer and early autumn of 1837, after this reconciliation. The first dance opens with a quotation from a Mazurka by Clara Wieck and is varied in mood, attributed to both Florestan and Eusebius. The second piece is attributed to the latter and the third, marked With Humour, to Florestan, the author of the fourth, marked Impatient. The simple fifth piece is in the mood of Eusebius, while the sixth, in stormier mood, reverts to Florestan. The opening arpeggiated chords of the seventh piece reintroduce Eusebius, followed by a brusque Florestan. The last piece of the first book, marked Lively, carries an additional explanation: Hierauf schloß Florestan und es zuckte ihm schmerzlich um die Lippen (Hereupon Florestan stopped and his lips quivered sadly). Florestan opens the second set of nine pieces in ballad measure, with a whimsical third piece framing a simple second for Eusebius. The fourth has room for both moods, with the gently singing filth for Eusebius. Both are together again in the sixth piece as they appear to be in the seventh, with it's contrasting slower Trio section, which leads at once to the eighth piece, Wie aus der Ferne (As from the Distance). For the final dance Schumann adds the explanation: Ganz zum Überfluss meinte Eusebius noch Folgendes; dabei sprach aberviel Seligkeit aus seinen Augen (Eusebius considered the following quite superfluous; but at the same time he expressed much happiness with his eyes). The last piece adds a gentle C major conclusion to the work. Benjamin Frith the young British pianist Benjamin Frith has had a distinguished career. A pupil of Fanny Waterman, he won, at the age of fourteen, the British National Concerto Competition, followed by the award of the Mozart Memorial Prize and joint top prize in 1986 in the Italian Busoni International Piano Competition and in 1989 a Gold Medal and First prize in the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition. Benjamin Frith enjoys a busy international career, with engagements in the United States and throughout Europe as a soloist and recitalist, with festival appearances at Sheffield, Aldeburgh, Harrogate, Kuhmo, Bolzano, Savannah, Pasadena and Hong Kong and an Edinburgh Festival debut in 1992. His recordings include a highly praised performance of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations on the ASV label and for Naxos a release of piano music by Schumann, followed by the two Mendelssohn Piano Concertos and the Third Piano Concerto of Rachmaninov.

Tracklist 26 tracks

  1. 1 I. Lebhaft 01:44
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Lebhaft
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  2. 2 II. Innig 01:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Innig
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  3. 3 III. Mit Humor 01:27
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Mit Humor
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  4. 4 IV. Ungeduldig 00:48
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Ungeduldig
    Duration
    00:48
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  5. 5 V. Einfach 01:52
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Einfach
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  6. 6 VI. Sehr rasch 01:57
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Sehr rasch
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  7. 7 VII. Nicht schnell 04:08
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Nicht schnell
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  8. 8 VIII. Frisch 01:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Frisch
    Duration
    01:00
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  9. 9 IX. Lebhaft 01:16
    Track
    9
    Title
    IX. Lebhaft
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  10. 10 X. Balladenmassig - Sehr rasch 01:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    X. Balladenmassig - Sehr rasch
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  11. 11 XI. Einfach 01:36
    Track
    11
    Title
    XI. Einfach
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  12. 12 XII. Mit Humor 00:41
    Track
    12
    Title
    XII. Mit Humor
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  13. 13 XIII. Wild und lustig 03:12
    Track
    13
    Title
    XIII. Wild und lustig
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  14. 14 XIV. Zart und Singend 02:15
    Track
    14
    Title
    XIV. Zart und Singend
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  15. 15 XV. Frisch 01:58
    Track
    15
    Title
    XV. Frisch
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  16. 16 XVI. Mit gutem Humor 01:26
    Track
    16
    Title
    XVI. Mit gutem Humor
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  17. 17 XVII. Wie aus der Ferne 04:00
    Track
    17
    Title
    XVII. Wie aus der Ferne
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  18. 18 XVIII. Nicht schnell 02:23
    Track
    18
    Title
    XVIII. Nicht schnell
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  19. 19 No. 1. Des Abends 03:25
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 1. Des Abends
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  20. 20 No. 2. Aufschwung 03:32
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 2. Aufschwung
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  21. 21 No. 3. Warum 02:46
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 3. Warum
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  22. 22 No. 4. Grillen 03:31
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 4. Grillen
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  23. 23 No. 5. In der Nacht 03:37
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 5. In der Nacht
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  24. 24 No. 6. Fabel 02:32
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 6. Fabel
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  25. 25 No. 7. Traumeswirren 02:38
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 7. Traumeswirren
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith
  26. 26 No. 8. Ende vom Lied 05:54
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 8. Ende vom Lied
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Benjamin Frith