Label: Challenge Classics
Format: SACD
Barcode: 0608917277623
Catalog number: CC 72776
Releasedate: 18-05-18
Format: SACD
Barcode: 0608917277623
Releasedate: 18-05-18
- Third release by Einav Yarden on Challenge Classics.
- After a daring coupling Beethoven/Stravinsky and a ‘rare’ Haydn, it’s the turn of the most ‘pianistic’ of composers: Schumann.
- Yarden chooses two popular masterpieces like the Fantasie and the Waldszenen and couples them with late and little known Fantasiestücke op.111
- After a daring coupling Beethoven/Stravinsky and a ‘rare’ Haydn, it’s the turn of the most ‘pianistic’ of composers: Schumann.
- Yarden chooses two popular masterpieces like the Fantasie and the Waldszenen and couples them with late and little known Fantasiestücke op.111
The three works on this CD span a period of fifteen years – years in which the young Schumann suffered forcible separation from his beloved Clara, followed by their marriage and a brief period of relative calm, to the increasing bouts of mental instability which were to close him off from the world around him until his death.
The piano Fantasiestücke op. 111 was composed in 1851 during a time of deteriorating mental health and increasing disillusionment with his post as Music Director of the Düsseldorf Music Society. In contrast to the youthfully extrovert Fantasiestücke op. 12 of 1837, these three untitled pieces are “of a serious and passionate character”, as Clara described them, their bold harmonies intensifying their expressivity.
The Fantasie in C major op. 17 is one of Schumann’s most powerful large-scale piano works, composed during the bitter period of his enforced separation from Clara.
Schumann completed his cycle of nine forest piano miniatures, Waldszenen, in 1849, while struggling with increasing bouts of mental instability and depression. Each piece is headed by a descriptive title. These masterly tone paintings display Schumann’s genius in creating miniature images consummate in expression, characterisation and mood.
About Einav Yarden’s previous recordings on Challenge Classics:
“She pairs Beethoven with Stravinsky to striking effect, merging that unlikely couple with imagination and exceptionally vivid playing.” – The Washington Post
“Yarden plays a wonderfully exuberant, vibrant Haydn, glowing, transparent, adventurous, at times intimately chamber-music-like, at times grand and orchestral. A voice for Haydn!" – Fono Forum (DE)
The piano Fantasiestücke op. 111 was composed in 1851 during a time of deteriorating mental health and increasing disillusionment with his post as Music Director of the Düsseldorf Music Society. In contrast to the youthfully extrovert Fantasiestücke op. 12 of 1837, these three untitled pieces are “of a serious and passionate character”, as Clara described them, their bold harmonies intensifying their expressivity.
The Fantasie in C major op. 17 is one of Schumann’s most powerful large-scale piano works, composed during the bitter period of his enforced separation from Clara.
Schumann completed his cycle of nine forest piano miniatures, Waldszenen, in 1849, while struggling with increasing bouts of mental instability and depression. Each piece is headed by a descriptive title. These masterly tone paintings display Schumann’s genius in creating miniature images consummate in expression, characterisation and mood.
About Einav Yarden’s previous recordings on Challenge Classics:
“She pairs Beethoven with Stravinsky to striking effect, merging that unlikely couple with imagination and exceptionally vivid playing.” – The Washington Post
“Yarden plays a wonderfully exuberant, vibrant Haydn, glowing, transparent, adventurous, at times intimately chamber-music-like, at times grand and orchestral. A voice for Haydn!" – Fono Forum (DE)
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1Drei Fantasiestücke Op. 111Sehr rasch, mit leidenschaftlichem Vortrag02:21
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2Drei Fantasiestücke Op. 111Ziemlich langsam05:30
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3Drei Fantasiestücke Op. 111Kräftig und sehr markiert03:27
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4Fantasie in C major, Op. 17Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen12:06
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5Fantasie in C major, Op. 17Mäßig. Durchaus energisch07:22
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6Fantasie in C major, Op. 17Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten10:13
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7Waldszenen, Op. 82Eintritt01:50
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8Waldszenen, Op. 82Jäger auf der Lauer01:26
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9Waldszenen, Op. 82Einsame Blumen01:42
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10Waldszenen, Op. 82Verrufene Stelle02:58
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11Waldszenen, Op. 82Freundliche Landschaft01:11
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12Waldszenen, Op. 82Herberge01:59
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13Waldszenen, Op. 82Vogel als Prophet03:17
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14Waldszenen, Op. 82Jagdlied02:26
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15Waldszenen, Op. 82Abschied03:26