I made a U-turn with this CD. The first time through, I didn’t like it at all. The period-instrument players of the Benvenue Fortepiano Trio — violinist Monica Huggett, cellist Tanya Tomkins, and ...

To mark the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann’s birth, pianist Murray Perahia sat down at the NPR studio piano to talk with Performance Today host Fred Child about the composer Perahia calls "a ...

Schumann selbst sprach von «Rückspiegelungen eines Älteren für Ältere». Im Zentrum steht also Erinnerung: eine idealisierte, innere Vorstellung von Kindheit. Der Zyklus umfasst 13 Miniaturen, jede mit ...

In between the Schumann comes late Brahms. The opening of Op 117 is thoughtfully done but you don’t need to turn to Volodos to realise that Briggs doesn’t really sing a line – Jonathan Plowright takes ...

Sie zählen zu den populärsten Werken der Klaviermusik des 19. Jahrhunderts: die 13 kleinen Miniaturen, denen Robert Schumann den Titel "Kinderszenen" gegeben hat. Das bekannteste Werk daraus ist ...

Piano music at its most sincere. In 'Scenes from Childhood' Schumann not only gives us music both tender and kind but also with a child's honest and raw 'everyday' feelings. Composer: Robert Schumann ...

In Ireland we don't hear much of the Irish Baroque Orchestra's artistic director, violinist Monica Huggett, in 19th-century repertoire. Here, as a member of the Benvenue Fortepiano Trio with Tanya ...

Zurich resident pianist Wong in a solo recital wholly dedicated to Schumann. On Papillons, Carnaval, Scenes from Childhood and Arabesque he puts a spell on the listener. The both delicate and bucolic ...

The Argentinian pianist is swept away by the poetry of this ‘story of passion and abandon’ One of my first encounters with Schumann’s music was when I was quite young. I remember having an LP of a ...

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Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, op. 15. Leichte Stücke für Klavier Stephen Kovacevich (Klavier), SWR2 Musikstück der Woche Stand 18.4.2012, 11:19 Uhr Von Robert Schumann ...