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Träumerei
This is one of Schumann's best known pieces. It was the title of a 1944 German biographical film on Robert Schumann. Träumerei is the love song for Robert and Clara Schumann in the 1947 Hollywood film Song of Love, starring Katharine Hepburn as Clara Schumann Wieck (wikipedia). It is one of thirteen pieces in a collection called Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood). Schumann said in a letter to his eventual wife Clara, "You will enjoy them--though you will have to forget that you are a ...
Cherkassky plays Chopin Nocturne op.27 no.2
would succumb to his capricious charm and his child- like delight in his capacity to conjure a character from everything he played entirely his own. His repertoire was immense and far wider than his essentially romantic bias suggested. Chopin, Schumann and Liszt were complemented by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven (particularly "late" Beethoven) and Schubert; music he played, at his best, with a magisterial focus and seriousness. A tireless explorer of the modern and contemporary, he adored the ...
Author: xper2xper; Tags: Shura Cherkassky Chopin Nocturne op.27 no.2 Horowitz Rubinstein Francois Cziffra Brailowsky Richter Gilels Cortot Pollini Anda Vasary Lipatti Kissin Hofmann
Cherkassky plays Chopin Valse op.18 no.1
would succumb to his capricious charm and his child- like delight in his capacity to conjure a character from everything he played entirely his own. His repertoire was immense and far wider than his essentially romantic bias suggested. Chopin, Schumann and Liszt were complemented by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven (particularly "late" Beethoven) and Schubert; music he played, at his best, with a magisterial focus and seriousness. A tireless explorer of the modern and contemporary, he adored the ...
Author: xper2xper; Tags: Shura Cherkassky Chopin Valse op.18 no.1 Horowitz Rubinstein Francois Cziffra Brailowsky Richter Gilels Cortot Pollini Anda Vasary Lipatti Kissin Hofmann
Cherkassky_Schubert_Impromptu_op90_no4.wmv
would succumb to his capricious charm and his child- like delight in his capacity to conjure a character from everything he played entirely his own. His repertoire was immense and far wider than his essentially romantic bias suggested. Chopin, Schumann and Liszt were complemented by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven (particularly "late" Beethoven) and Schubert; music he played, at his best, with a magisterial focus and seriousness. A tireless explorer of the modern and contemporary, he adored the ...
Author: xper2xper; Tags: Cherkassky Schubert Impromptu op90 no4
