Sophie Wang & Florian Glemser - Clara & Robert Schumann (2022) Hi-Res/FLAC

"Are Schumann’s late works the product of a household where a physically and mentally declining composer and his wife, who refused to admit that reality, were living in a stuffy atmosphere? Or was Schumann’s Düsseldorf circle a fruitful terrain that gave rise to magnificent masterpieces because these close, talented friends – Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Albert Dietrich, Johannes Brahms, and Joseph Joachim – continually inspired one another?For this recording, Sophie and I have chosen a programme that attempts to answer those questions. All the chamber music works on this CD are from the period between 1849 and 1854, thus stemming from the Schumanns’ time in Düsseldorf.The personal and musical connections between Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, and Joseph Joachim are intrinsically present in all these works. Those biographical relationships are interesting for us as interpreters because they give rise to special moods we can sense in the music. We want to fathom them, to feel them, and to make them palpable for the listener: this is one of the most exciting projects we have ever undertaken as performers.

Tracklist
01. Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22: No. 1, Andante molto
02. Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22: No. 2, Allegretto. Mit zartem Vortrage
03. Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22: No. 3, Leidenschaftlich schnell
04. Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105: I. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck
05. Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105: II. Allegretto
06. Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105: III. Lebhaft
07. Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 94: No. 1, Nicht schnell. Moderato
08. Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 94: No. 2, Einfach. Innig
09. Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 94: No. 3, Nicht schnell
10. F.A.E. Sonata, for Violin and Piano: I. Allegro
11. F.A.E. Sonata, for Violin and Piano: II. Intermezzo. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
12. F.A.E. Sonata, for Violin and Piano: III. Scherzo. Allegro
13. F.A.E. Sonata, for Violin and Piano: IV. Finale. Markiertes, ziemlich lebhaftes Tempo
14. Variations on The last Rose