The Schumann A Day theme honored the birthday of Robert Schumann. In addition to listening to one work by Robert Schumann each day, some participants also included music by his wife, Clara Wieck Schumann. There was even a side trip to the music of American composer William Schuman thanks to a typo!
The Conversation:
June 1-5, 2010
June 6-12, 2010
June 13-19, 2010
June 20-26, 2010
June 27-30, 2010
The Collective Playlist:
Robert Schumann
Solo music and lieder
Kinderzenen, Op. 15: Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Kreisleriana, inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann's stories, is my #Schumannaday selection. Claudio Arrau
Ronald Brautigam, Schumann 2nd piano sonata g minor op 22,
Tölzer Knabenchor - R. Schumann - Zigeunerleben
Kiederkreis, Op. 24 with Victor Braun, baritone and Antonin Kubalek, piano
Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
Jadglieder
Kinderszenen by Schnabel. He plays the music in an unsentimental way, but makes it swing. @NaxosMusicLib 8.110665
Meine Rose
Theme and Variations on the name Abegg, Op. 1, Clara Haskill
Chamber music
String Quartet Op. 41, No. 1
Piano Quintet: Claire-Marie Le Guay & the Mandelring Quartet on Audite92.574
Robert Schumann! Listening to Rose Mary Harbison and Eli Kalman perform his violin sonatas
Myrthen Op. 25 Dorothea Roschmann, Ian Bostridge, Graham Johnson
ogan plays Schumann's Fantasy Op 131
Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor Music@menlo
Piano Concerto played by Murray Perahia.
String Quartets no1 & 3 arr. for string orchestra - Montreal Players, JP Tremblay - @NaxosMusicLib 8.570133
Piano Quintet played by Leonard Bernstein & the Juilliard Quartet.
three String Quartets played by the Takacs Quartet on Hungaroton.
Piano Quartet played by Emmanuel Ax/Isaac Stern/Jaime Laredo/Yo-Yo Ma.
chumannADay choice is the Piano Trio, Op. 63 (Szeryng/Rubinstein/Fournier)
Finishing up the Op. 41 String Quartets
Orchestral music and concertos
Cello Concerto Op. 129 - Truls Mork, cello 'Cello Concerto.
The amazing Jacqueline DuPre with Leonard Bernstein.
Symphony no3, Sinopoli & Staatskapelle Dresden in Tokyo
Piano Concerto op. 54, Frantz/Bernstein/Vienna
Symphony No. 4, Op. 120, Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell.
Symphony No. 1 - Eisenbach
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
symphony cycle continues: No. 2, Op. 61, Cleveland/Szell
Symphony No. 4, Op. 120, Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell.
Schumann's "Manfried" Overture w/George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra.
cycle with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra. Today: No. 1, Op. 38 'Spring'
Traumerei, played by Horowitz in Moscow
Clara's Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, op.20Veronica Jochum TUDOR7007
the two Concert Pieces for Piano & Orchestra.
Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze.
Manfred overture, op. 115, Cleveland/Szell
Jürg Baur, called "Musik mit Robert Schumann" - on a Thorophon CD @NaxosMusicLib CTH2270
Carl Schuricht: Schumann symphony nr 3 Rheinische part
String Quartet in A minor, Op. 41 No. 1 with the Eroica Quartet.
Schumann's 2nd Symphony is Sinopoli's, w/ Staatskapelle Dresden.
Piano Concerto in A, Radu Lupu
Piano Quintet Claire-Marie Le Guay & the Mandelring Quartet on Audite92.57
Frauenlieben und Leben, Op. 42: Brigitte Fassbaender, Irwin Gage
Lieder with Thomas Hampson. Listening to 12 Gedichte, Op. 35 and 5 Lieder, Op. 40 (and some other odds and ends besides).
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A jazz arrangement for flute & piano of 3 Romanzen, Op. 94 - Bill Cunliffe & Holly Hofmann - Azica72205
Schumann's Fantasiestücke, op. 73
Fantasie for piano played by Edwin Fischer.
Listening to Clara Schumann's Romances for Violin and Piano Heavenly!
Carnaval & Kinderjahr on BIS-CD-1055 w/ Dirk Joeres/RPO
Violin Sonata no2 with Abel/Szidon on Ars Musici
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 41 No. 3, Zehetmair Quartett
Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto op.7 - Elizabeth Rich w/Janacek PO, Burkh - on Centaur CRC2283
Clara's turn: Piano Trio op. 17 by Clara Wieck-Schumann,
Schumann's Violin Concerto, Gideon Kremer performs with Muti and the Philharmonia
Violin Concerto played by the amazing Henryk Szeryng.
3 Fantasiestucke, Op. 73 for clarinet & fortepiano - Ensemble Aventure on Ars Musica AM232225
chumann's Cello Concerto - the 1961 recording w/Rostropovich, cellist & Benjamin Britten
Konzertstueck for Four Horns & Orchestra
Clara Schumann's Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 7 w/Veronica Jochum & Bamburg Symphony; Joseph Silverstein, conducting
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Piano Trio no3, Lions Gate Trio on Centaur CRC2709-10
Papillons, Op. 2, Andrei Gavrilov, piano
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Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26, Andrei Gavrilov, piano.
Fischer-Dieskau with the first song from Liederkreis, Op. 39. ♫
Liederkreis, Op. 39 with Victor Braun, baritone and Antonin Kubalek, piano
3 Schumann Violin Sonatas played by Maria Egelhof (Thorofon CD).
Clara Wieck Schumann
Clara's Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, op.20Veronica Jochum TUDOR7007
William Schumann
Wm Schuman's New England Triptych Serebrier, Naxos 8.559083
William Schuman, Symphony No. 7.
William Schuman, Symphony No. 10 'American Muse', Seattle SO/Schwarz
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