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Schumann: The Roots & The Flower - Counterpoint in Bloom / Christensen
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Schumann: The Roots & The Flower - Counterpoint in Bloom / Christensen

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Composer
SCHUMANN, ROBERT
Artist
Jens E. Christensen
Format
CD
Label
OUR Recordings
Released
Sep 03, 2021
Catalog #
6220675
UPC
747313167562

About

Although Robert Schumann’s public role in the Bach revival is less well known than that of Felix Mendelssohn, Bach’s music would play an influential effect throughout his life. Schumann would in turn, arrange and perform many of Bach’s works including adding piano parts to the Solo Violin Sonatas and Cellos Suites and trumpets to the St. John Passion! In 1843 he and Clara rented a custom-made pedalflügel - a dreadnought of an instrument combining a Friedrich Wieck grand piano with a pedal keyboard that enabled Schumann’s to play Bach’s organ music at home. During one of his periodic bouts of depression, Schumann became gripped by what he called Fugenpassion and shortly thereafter his obsession with Bach would blossom in the Canons and Fugues of Opp. 56 and 58. The curious name of this album references Carl Nielsen’s advice to fellow composer Ture Rangström, namely, to get down to the roots of a piece so that it would truly flower. And so following Nielsen’s advice, acclaimed organist Jens E. Christensen, a master of styles ancient and modern, dug deep to uncover the roots of Schumann’s imagination for this truly extraordinary program, a lovingly cultivated German-Danish, Piano-Organ, Baroque-Romantic hybrid, that will no doubt become a perennial favorite for fans of Schumann’s most florid contrapuntal creations.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1 in B-Flat Major: Langsam 06:46
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1 in B-Flat Major: Langsam
    Duration
    06:46
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen
  2. 2 No. 2 in B-Flat Major: Lebhaft 06:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2 in B-Flat Major: Lebhaft
    Duration
    06:42
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen
  3. 3 No. 1 in C Major: Nicht zu schnell 02:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 1 in C Major: Nicht zu schnell
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen
  4. 4 No. 2 in A Minor: Mit innigem Ausdruck 06:07
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 2 in A Minor: Mit innigem Ausdruck
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen
  5. 5 No. 3 in E Major: Andantino - Etwas schneller 03:43
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 3 in E Major: Andantino - Etwas schneller
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen
  6. 6 No. 3 in G Minor: Mit sanften Stimmen 05:24
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 3 in G Minor: Mit sanften Stimmen
    Duration
    05:24
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen
  7. 7 No. 4 in B-Flat Major: Massig, doch nicht zu langsam 06:49
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 4 in B-Flat Major: Massig, doch nicht zu langsam
    Duration
    06:49
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen
  8. 8 No. 4 in A-Flat Major: Innig 04:53
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 4 in A-Flat Major: Innig
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen
  9. 9 No. 5 in B Minor: Nicht zu schnell 03:32
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 5 in B Minor: Nicht zu schnell
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen
  10. 10 No. 6 in B Major: Adagio 04:06
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 6 in B Major: Adagio
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen
  11. 11 No. 5 in F Major: Lebhaft 03:23
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 5 in F Major: Lebhaft
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen
  12. 12 No. 6 in B-Flat Major: Mässig, nach und nach schneller 09:21
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 6 in B-Flat Major: Mässig, nach und nach schneller
    Duration
    09:21
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen