Schumann - Chamber Music | Australian Eloquence ELQ4803610

Schumann - Chamber Music

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Label: Australian Eloquence

Cat No: ELQ4803610

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 13th May 2013

Contents

Artists

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Malcolm Frager (piano)
Amaryllis Fleming (cello)
Terence Weil (cello)
Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Alfred Brendel (piano)
Franklin Cohen (clarinet)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Benjamin Britten (piano)

Works

Schumann, Robert

Adagio and Allegro, op.70
Andante and Variations for 2 pianos, 2 cellos and horn, WoO10
Fantasiestucke (3), op.73
Klavierstucke (12) for piano four hands, op.85
» no.12 Abendlied
Romances (3), op.94
Stucke (5) im Volkston, op.102
Stucke (6) in kanonischer Form (Studies in canonic form), op.56
» no.4 in A flat major

Artists

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Malcolm Frager (piano)
Amaryllis Fleming (cello)
Terence Weil (cello)
Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Alfred Brendel (piano)
Franklin Cohen (clarinet)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Benjamin Britten (piano)

About

Late in the 1840s, Schumann entered a chamber music phase. It was, it is said, motivated partly by financial reasons – creating a body of chamber works that could be played by talented amateurs in their own homes.

Many of the works on this disc date from 1849. Significantly, for collectors, one of these – the Andante and Variations – receives its first release on CD and marks Vladimir Ashkenazy’s first recording of chamber music for Decca. The same sessions also included duo piano recordings with Malcolm Frager, from which the Study in Canon Form emanates.

Other notable duo collaborations on this disc include Rostropovich and Britten (Fünf Stücke im Volkston), Holliger and Brendel (Drei Romanzen, Abendlied) and Ashkenazy with Tuckwell in 1974 (Adagio and Allegro) and with Franklin Cohen in 1990 (Fantasiestücke).

Contents:
- Andante and Variations for two pianos, two cellos and horn, Op.46                   
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Malcolm Frager (piano), Amaryllis Fleming (cello), Terence Weil (cello), Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Recorded: 1964
   
- Study in Canon form in A flat major, Op.56 No.4  
                 
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / Malcolm Frager (piano)
Recorded: 1964

- Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op.70                   
Barry Tuckwell (horn) / Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 1974

- Drei Romanzen, Op.94   
- Abendlied, Op.85 No.12   
               
Heinz Holliger (oboe) / Alfred Brendel (piano)
Recorded: 1979

- Fantasiestücke, Op.73   
Franklin Cohen (clarinet) / Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 1990

- Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102   

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1961

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