C & R Schumann - Piano Concertos | Warner 5419729625

C & R Schumann - Piano Concertos

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Label: Warner

Cat No: 5419729625

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 3rd February 2023

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Since the LP era, the recording industry has frequently paired Robert Schumann’s only Piano Concerto with another famous Romantic concerto written in the key of A minor – Edvard Grieg’s. Beatrice Rana has instead chosen to programme Robert’s work with Clara’s only Piano Concerto (and her only composition for orchestra). Also written in A minor, Clara’s composition predates Robert’s by ten years: a 16-year-old Clara premiered it in Leipzig in 1835 with the Gewandhaus Orchestra, conducted by Felix Mendelssohn. When Robert’s Concerto was performed for the first time in Dresden in 1845, Clara was once again the soloist. Partnered with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Rana complements the concerti with Liszt’s transcription for solo piano of Robert’s song ‘Widmung’, an exuberant dedication of love, composed in the year of Robert and Clara’s marriage.

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