Paolo Giacometti – Schumann: Piano Works (2009) {SACD ISO + FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz}

By late summer of 1837, the 27-year-old Schumann was secretly engaged to his beloved Clara Wieck. The powerful emotions connected with this event were a stimulus to Schumann’s creative impulses, for he was a Romantic through & through. It was at this time that he composed the deeply personal Davidsbundlertanze -18 dances inspired by the imaginary league of David. This fellowship, invented by Schumann, consisted of Schumann’s own alter egos, plus a number of well-respected musicians & friends including Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. The group was established as a way of fighting against the Philistines; it was Schumann’s response to contemporary musical trends which he saw as cheap, excessively virtuosic, & superficial.

Tracklist
01. Davidsbundlertanze -lebhaft
02. Innig
03. Mit Humor
04. Ungeduldig
05. Einfach
06. Sehr rasch
07. Nicht Schnell
08. Frisch
09. Lebhaft
10. Ballademassig
11. Einfach
12. Mit Humor
13. Wild und lustig
14. Zart und singend
15. Frisch
16. Mit gutem Humor
17. Wie aus der Ferne
18. Nicht schnell
19. Arabeske op. 18
20. Gesunge der Fruhe op. 133 – Im ruhigen Tempo
21. Belebt, nicht zu rasch
22. Lebhaft
23. Bewegt
24. Im anfange ruhiges

Musicians
Paolo Giacometti – Steinway D

Technical information
Microphones – Bruel & Kjaer 4006, Schoeps
Digital converter
DSD Super Audio / Meitnerdesign AD/DA
Pyramix Editing / Merging Technologies
Speakers – Audiolab, Holland
Amplifiers – Van Medevoort, Holland
Cables – Van den Hul
Mixing board:
Rens Heijnis, custom design
Mastering Room
Speakers – B&W 803d series
Amplifier – Classe 5200
Cables – Van den Hul

Produced by C. Jared Sacks and Paolo Giacometti

SACD ISO

mqs.link_PalGiacmettiSchumannpianwrksis.part1.rar
mqs.link_PalGiacmettiSchumannpianwrksis.part2.rar
mqs.link_PalGiacmettiSchumannpianwrksis.part3.rar

FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz

mqs.link_PalGiacmettiSchumannpianwrks2ch.rar