Clara: Clara Schumann, Sally Beamish, Robert Schumann
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Label: First Hand Records
Cat No: FHR098
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 3rd September 2021
Contents
Works
ClaraLieder (3), op.12
Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42
Artists
Sandra Porter (mezzo-soprano)Graeme McNaught (piano)
Works
ClaraLieder (3), op.12
Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42
Artists
Sandra Porter (mezzo-soprano)Graeme McNaught (piano)
About
The artists on this recording, Sandra Porter and Graeme McNaught, commissioned the English composer Sally Beamish and Scottish author Janice Galloway a work to pair with Robert Schumann’s Frauenliebe und -Leben so they could be sung together in recital. Robert Schumann’s song cycle is such a famous work, most singers and pianists will tackle it at some point in their careers - they are the most beautiful songs.
Inspired by Frauenliebe und -Leben, Beamish and Galloway created Clara, a wonderful work in which Clara Schumann’s life unfolds in a soliloquy brimming with drama and heart-stopping tenderness. From a childhood controlled by a dictatorial father, Clara went on to marry Robert.
Robert Schumann was a troubled man of genius whose suicide attempt led to his early death in an asylum which could offer little hope. Left to pick up the pieces, Clara, who bore him 8 children, became the foremost piano virtuosos of her time and outlived him by 40 years.
Also included in this recording are some of Clara Schumann’s greatest songs, a perfect opening to this brilliantly conceived album.
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