Jean-Pierre Armengaud – Clara Schumann: Piano Music, Vol. 1 (2025)
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Clara Schumann was one of the most famous of all 19th-century piano virtuosos, admired by contemporaries such as Liszt and Thalberg. Her piano works never succumb to stereotype and the Romances anticipate the sonority of Brahms’ late music for piano. Her Variations, Op. 20 entwines Robert Schumann’s themes with her own in music of touching intimacy. The Preludes and Fugues reflect Clara’s love of Bach. This first volume of her complete music for solo piano is performed by the distinguished French pianist, Jean-Pierre Armengaud, who has written about Robert and Clara Schumann as well as having organised a symposium devoted to them.
Tracklist:
1-01. Jean-Pierre Armengaud – 3 Romances, Op. 21: No. 1 in A Minor, Andante (05:43)
1-02. Jean-Pierre Armengaud – 3 Romances, Op. 21: No. 2 in F Major, Allegretto, Sehr zart zu spielen (01:25)
1-03. Jean-Pierre Armengaud – 3 Romances, Op. 21: No. 3 in G Minor, Agitato (05:05)
1-04. Jean-Pierre Armengaud – 3 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16: No. 1 in G Minor (04:04)
1-05. Jean-Pierre Armengaud – 3 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16: No. 2 in B-Flat Major (04:27)
1-06. Jean-Pierre Armengaud – 3 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16: No. 3 in D Minor (04:42)
1-07. Jean-Pierre Armengaud – Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20 (12:13)
1-08. Jean-Pierre Armengaud – 3 Romances, Op. 11: No. 1 in E-Flat Minor, Andante (03:29)
1-09. Jean-Pierre Armengaud – 3 Romances, Op. 11: No. 2 in G Minor, Andante – Allegro passionato (05:41)
1-10. Jean-Pierre Armengaud – 3 Romances, Op. 11: No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Moderato (05:01)
1-11. Jean-Pierre Armengaud – Scherzo No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 14 (04:47)
1-12. Jean-Pierre Armengaud – Romance in A Minor, WoO 28 (04:56)
1-13. Jean-Pierre Armengaud – Prelude and Fugue in F-Sharp Minor (05:16)
1-14. Jean-Pierre Armengaud – Lieder-Album für die Jugend, Op. 79: No. 23, Er ist’s (Arr. for Piano by Clara Schumann) (01:33)
1-15. Jean-Pierre Armengaud – Romance in B Minor (06:04)