Yaara Tal – Love? Homage to Clara Schumann (2019) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

13 September 2019 marks the 200th birthday of Clara Schumann, one of the most important musicians of the 19th century: a virtuoso pianist and composer, more and more of whose works are now being recorded. The pieces on this album, which has been intelligently compiled by pianist Yaara Tal, tell their own story of the friendships and impossible loves which gravitated around the Schumanns.

Pianists Yaara Tal and Andreas Groethuysen, the tenor Julian Pregardien and the Bavaria Radio Choir led by Yuval Weinberg go through Clara’s works (her Three Romances, Op.11), and the young Brahms (the Variations on a theme by Schumann and a curious arrangement for tenor, female choir and piano from the famous Alto Rhapsody). To round off the circle of artists that the Schumanns had assembled around themselves, we also hear pieces from the composer Julie von Webenau, who studied under Mozart’s son before studying with the Schumanns, and also Theodor Kirchner, who was briefly taught by Robert, and then Clara’s partner. He would also dedicate to her his Preludes, Op.9. A prolific composer, he left behind compositions for the piano, the organ, and pages of chamber music. – François Hudry

Tracklist:
01. L’Adieu et le Retour, Op. 25: I. L’Adieu. Moderato
02. L’Adieu et le Retour, Op. 25: II. Le Retour. Allegretto
03. Trois Romances, Op. 11: I. Andante
04. Trois Romances, Op. 11: III. Moderato
05. Trois Romances, Op. 11: II. Andante
06. Preludes, Op. 9, No. 10: Cantabile
07. Preludes, Op. 9, No. 11: Allegro brillante
08. Preludes, Op. 9, No. 13: Allegro con passione
09. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23: I. Thema. Leise und innig
10. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23: II. Variation 1. L’istesso Tempo. Andante molto moderato
11. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23: III. Variation 2
12. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23: IV. Variation 3
13. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23: V. Variation 4
14. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23: VI. Variation 5. Poco piú animato
15. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23: VII. Variation 6. Allegro non troppo
16. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23: VIII. Variation 7. Con moto. L’istesso tempo
17. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23: IX. Variation 8. Poco più vivo
18. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23: X. Variation 9
19. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23: XI. Variation 10. Molto moderato, alla marcia
20. Rhapsodie, Op. 53 (Arr. for Tenor, Female Choir and Piano)

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