CLARA SCHUMANN : Complete Piano Works (Jozef De Beenhouwer) 3CD (2001) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

 Tracklist & Credits

CLARA SCHUMANN : Piano Concerto in A minor ♦ HILLER : Konzertstück ♦ HERZ : Rondo de Concert ♦ KALKNEBRER : Le revê (Howard Shelley · Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra) (2019) Serie The Romantic Piano Concerto – 78 | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

You might be surprised, given the growing interest in Clara Schumann's music, that Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series did not include her sole piano concerto before the 78th volume. In fact, the work is not often played; it is a student work, a product of the composer's 14th year, and it's rather uneven, with a finale that's longer than the first two movements put together. Clara accepted help on the orchestration from her boarder, not yet husband, Robert Schumann. But it thus marks the beginning of their creative partnership, and it's interesting in other ways as well. Pianist Howard Shelley, who also conducts the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, makes the best possible case for it by placing it in a program featuring virtuoso music by Ferdinand Hiller, Henri Herz, and Friedrich Kalkbrenner -- exactly the music Schumann would have heard in her daily piano lessons. Some of this turns out to be well worth retrieval from the scrap heap of history: sample Kalkbrenner's Le rêve, Op. 113, with its unabashedly splashy march conclusion. But what strikes one about the young Clara's concerto is that she took little from this music, even though she clearly already had the chops to play it. Instead she is reaching for large scope and unusual key relationships, even if it takes her until the finale to really hit her target. Shelley and his Tasmanians continue their impressive record of clean, differentiated performances of a great variety of Romantic works, and that variety is the key point here. James Manheim  
Tracklist :
Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 7 (20:50)
Composed By – Clara Schumann

Konzertstück, Op. 113 (20:51)
Composed By – Ferdinand Hiller

Rondo de Concert, Op. 27 (11:25)
Composed By – Henri Herz

Le Rêve, Op. 113 (10:43)
Composed By – Friedrich Kalkbrenner
Credits :
Orchestra – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Piano, Conductor – Howard Shelley

CLARA SCHUMANN , FANNY MENDELSSOHN, ALMA MAHLER : LIEDER (Högman-Pöntinen) (1995) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

 

CLARA SCHUMANN : Piano Concerto • Piano Trio • 3 Romances (Jochum-Silverstein) (1992) APE (image+.cue), lossless

 

CLARA SCHUMANN : Piano Works (Konstanze Eickhorst) (1992) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

 

CLARA SCHUMANN & FANNY MENDELSSOHN : Piano Trios (1990) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

CLARA SCHUMANN & FANNY MENDELSSOHN 

 Piano Trios (Dartington Piano Trio)

 (1990) Hyperion / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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CLARA SCHUMANN - Complete Piano Works (Jozef De Beenhouwer) (2001) 3xCD / Mp3

CLARA SCHUMANN - Complete Songs [Craxton-Djeddikar] NAXOS / 2007

The available selection of Clara Schumann's songs has been increasing, which is all to the good; they reveal a composer whose thinking was closely connected with that of her husband, who had the talent to keep up with what he was doing, and whose musical language in the realm of the art song kept developing even as Robert turned away from the genre. This Naxos release takes an unusual approach: it is, essentially, a historically authentic performance of the songs. Swiss-German pianist Hedayet Djeddikar uses an 1828 Stein piano owned by Clara Schumann herself, and the accompaniments take on the subtle colors made possible by fortepiano performance. Djeddikar has an especially nice way with Schumann's treatment of the upper register in the accompaniment, which adds a fantastic, melancholy, or playful note depending on the circumstances. Soprano Dorothea Craxton tries for an intimate vocal approach to match the piano and the charming sonic ambiance of the Schumannhaus in Zwickau. This is a good idea in principle, but Craxton's sound has little support in her upper register. She sounds fine in small doses, especially in limpid pieces like "Die gute Nacht" from the Four Songs by Friedrich Rückert, Op. 12. But over the course of the entire program of 29 songs the shaky intonation at crucial moments may result in aural fatigue. This release is a classic example of an original approach awaiting other performers to come along with improved execution. Texts and translations (into English only) are available only online.  by James Manheim   
Tracklist
Four Songs by Friedrich Rückert, Op. 12 [9:15]
1. Er ist gekommen [2:20]
2. Liebst du um Schönheit [2:12]
3. Warum willst du and’re fragen [2:24]
4. Die gute Nacht [2:19]
Six Lieder, Op. 13 [13:46]
5. Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen (second version) [2:25]
6. Sie liebten sich beide (second version)[2:03]
7. Liebeszauber [2:17]
8. Der Mond kommt still gegangen [1:53]
9. Ich hab’ in deinem Auge [1:54]
10. Die stille Lotusblume [3:14]
Six Lieder from Jucunde, Op. 23 [13:41] (11-16)
11. Was weinst du Blümlein [2:02]
12. An einem lichten Morgen [2:50]
13. Geheimes Flüstern [3:08]
14. Auf einem grünen Hügel [2:14]
15. Das ist ein Tag [1:21]
16. O Lust, O Lust [2:06]
17. Der Abendstern [2:15]
18. Am Strande [2:36]
19. Ihr Bildnis (first version of Op. 13 No. 1) [2:46]
20. Volkslied [3:01]
21. Sie liebten sich beide (first version of Op. 13 No. 2) [2:20]
22. Loreley [2:23]
23. O weh des Scheidens [2:38]
24. Mein Stern [1:43]
25. Beim Abschied [4:24]
26. Das Veilchen [2:01]
27. Der Wanderer [1:43]
28. Der Wanderer in der Sägemühle [2:14]
29. Walzer [3:33]
Dorothea Craxton (soprano); Hedayet Djeddikar (piano)
rec. Schumannhaus, Zwickau, Germany, 23-28 July 2007

 CLARA SCHUMANN [1819-1896]

 Complete Songs [Craxton-Djeddikar] 

2007 NAXOS / CBR320 / scan

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CLARA SCHUMANN - Et Son Temps [2CD]

CLARA SCHUMANN - Et Son Temps

Clara Schumann [1819-1896]

Robert Schumann  [1810-1856] 

Johannes Brahms [1833-1897]

Jean Martin - Christian Ivaldi [pianos]

ARION 2003 / 2CD

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CLARA WIECK SCHUMANN | CARL MARIA von WEBER – Piano Concertos (Elizabeth Rich, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Dennis Burkh) (1996) APE (image+.cue), lossless

CLARA SCHUMANN - Pièces Pour Piano [Boschi-Jodry] 1987

1. Trois préludes et fugues op. 16 - 

N° 1 En Sol Mineur 4:38

2. Trois préludes et fugues op. 16 - 

N° 2 En Si Bémol Majeur 4:56

3. Trois préludes et fugues op. 16 - 

N° 3 En Ré Mineur 5:30

4. Troi romances Op. 21, 

N° 1 En La Mineur 4:45

5. Troi romances Op. 21, 

N° 2 En Fa Mineur 1:30

6. Troi romances Op. 21,

N° 3 En Sol Mineur 4:37

7. Variations Sur En Théme De 

Robert Schumann Op. 20 10:28

8. Pièce Fugitive Op 15 N° 3 5:53

9. Romance En Si Mineur 5:24

10. Troi romances pour piano Op. 11,

 N° 1 En Si Bémol Mineur 2:41

11. Troi romances pour piano Op. 11, 

N° 2 En Sol Mineur 5:48

12. Troi romances pour piano Op. 11,

 N° 3 En La Bémol Majeur 4:18

13. Troi romances pour violon et piano Op. 22,

 N° 1 En Ré Bémol Majeur 2:51

14. Troi romances pour violon et piano Op. 22, 

N° 2 En Sol Mineur 2:53

15. Troi romances pour violon et piano Op. 22, 

N° 3 En Si Bémol Majeur 4:37

CLARA SCHUMANN [1819-1896]

Hélène Boschi - piano

Annie Jodry - Violon

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