Includes full-length audio CD-Over the course of some three dozen volumes Amadeus Press highly acclaimed Unlocking the Masters series has drawn readers into the worlds of the greatest composers and their music. Curated pairings of critically minded introductory texts andcompanion CDs loaded with tracks selected from the worlds foremost libraries of recorded classics the series truly brings the sounds and stories of its legendary subjects to life. Its latest entry Victor Lederers Schumann: A Listeners Guide isan essential portal to the musical works of and tempestuous life of this little-understood genius. Many if not most major composers improve over the course of their careers. For Schumann however the opposite was true: plagued throughout his lifeby physical and mental illnesses he helplessly ? and consciously ? endured the gradual diminution of his prodigious talent until his premature death at age 46. Throughout Schumann: A Listeners Guide Lederer provides unflinching critiques of theweaknesses that plagued Schumanns style contrasting them with the brilliance of his earliest triumphs. This eminently accessible account explores the full spectrum of the master composers oeuvre from his popular early music and lieder to hisworks for chamber ensembles composed in 1842 to his four beloved if flawed symphonies. It also accounts for Schumanns dramatic works particularly Genoveva his only opera and Incidental Music to Byrons ?Manfred ? a bewilderingly unappreciatedmusical score. As with all volumes in the UTM series Schumann: A Listeners Guide is accompanied by a CD containing two of the masters most daring imaginative flights both explored in detail in the text: the Davidsbündlertänze for piano andDichterliebe (A Poets Love) one of the all-time greatest song cycles and works for voice. Geared toward fledglings but written with an eye turned to aficionados the book is a must-have for Schumann buffs and classical music fans young and old.

Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. Robert Schumann once described his lieder as a ”mirror image of his self”. This applies particularly to his compositions from Heinrich Heine's 'Buch der Lieder”. What began as a lyrical intermezzo, then developed into 'Dichterliebe”, a work with which Schumann identified the ardour of his love for Clara Wieck. This work still presents an enigma to performers- how Schumann interpretes Heine's irony in his music is often discussed. But one thing is certain: with 'Dichterliebe” the composer created what is perhaps the best-loved and one of the most tightly-woven lieder cycles of the Romantic period. This new edition presents the work based on the first edition. It takes Schumann's autograph score into consideration, an autograph score where there have recently been discussions as to whether it should be presented as an independent alternative version. The four lieder omitted by Schumann from the printed edition are included in the appendix. - High-quality Urtext edition of this well-known song cycle - Appendix includes four lieder by Schumann which he did not include in the original cycle - Comprehensive foreword and critical commentary (Ger/Eng)/ Répertoire / Chant et Piano

With the new Urtext Primo series, the Wiener Urtext Edition wants to close the gap arising at the point of transition to additional lessons after having studied a piano method. Beginning with a performance level which is outlined by pieces such as Bach's Minuet in G (BWV Anh. 116), Mozart's Minuet in F (KV 5) or Schumann's Wilder Reiter (Op. 68/8), works by three different composers are selected for each volume of the Urtext Primo series, with the aim of offering piano pupils (or even adults who want to resume piano playing) a wide range of repertoire pieces on the basis of which they can enhance their technical and musical skills. The pieces' range of levels of difficulty is relatively narrow so that the volume can be used continuously over a period of about two years. This is what distinguishes the Urtext Primo approach from almost all common anthologies. The selected repertoire takes into account not only pieces of the classic canon of lessons, but also lesser known works which are in no way of less importance for piano lessons. The Urtext Primo volumes are published in the internationally recognised standard of the Wiener Urtext editions. The explanations included in each volume shall help to deepen the knowledge of musical styles, music history and piano playing. A repertoire chart at the end of each volume gives a rough overview of the levels of difficulty of the selected pieces.Volume 4 combines works of the German Romanticism by Schumann, Brahms and Theodor Kirchner. Apart from well known pieces from Schumann's 'Album for the Youth' and the easiest waltzes from opus 39 (in the easier version) by Brahms, the selection contains the attractive set of variations from Schumann's first Youth Sonata Op. 118/1 and Brahms' Saraband in A minor WoO 5/1 as well as a number of pleasant pieces by Theodor Kirchner which continue the tonal air of Schumann and Brahms in easy playable pieces. / Piano

Schumann begann erst recht spat, sich mit Kammermusik zu beschaftigen. 1842 entstanden dann gleich sechs gewichtige Werke, darunter auch sein erstes Klaviertrio, das er aber erst 1850 unter dem Titel Vier Phantasiestuecke als op. 88 herausgab. In der Zwischenzeit hatte er bereits die Trios d-moll op. 63 (1847) und F-dur op. 80 (1847/49) komponiert. In seiner Duesseldorfer Zeit, 1851, kam dann noch das g-moll-Trio op. 110 hinzu. Zusammen mit den Trios von Mendelssohn und Brahms zahlen die vier Kompositionen Schumanns zu den wichtigsten Werken der Gattung im 19. Jahrhundert. Trio d-moll op. 63 Trio F-dur op. 80 Trio g-moll op. 110 Phantasiestuecke a-moll op. 88 Anhang: Finale, Fruehfassung op. 88 Finale, Alternative Takte 105-128 der Fruehfassung op. 88

Arr. Henk Hogestein. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. Eine fatale Handverletzung verhinderte Robert Schumanns Karriere als Klaviervirtuose und brachte ihn dazu, sich ganz dem Komponieren zuzuwenden. Der oft schwermuütige Komponist schrieb Orchesterwerke sowie Kammer- und Vokalmusik, den größten Teil seines Oeuvres machen jedoch Klavierwerke aus. Henk Hogestein wählte daraus die beruühmte Rêverie aus dem Album Kinderszenen und setzte sie in eine gefuühlvolle Bearbeitung fuür Blasorchester um. / Niveau : 2.5 / Classique / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Schumann's Phantasiestucke has been published as part of ABRSM's 'Signature' Series - a series of authoritative performing editions of standard keyboard works prepared from original sources by leading scholars. Includes informative introductions and performance notes.

Ce portefeuille comporte plus célèbres chefs-d'oeuvre les par Robert Schumann, contenant à la fois les partitions et audio complet sur CD.Comprend des sélections de 'Album pour la jeunesse 'et' Scènes d'enfants ', trois de la' Davidsbündler' et plusieurs plus beaux morceaux de musique.Chaque pièce a été composée, ou spécialement aménagé, pour piano solo et est accompagné par des spectacles de démonstration de haute qualité sur un CD de musique spécialement commandée. Un ajout essentiel à votre bibliothèque de piano. / Piano

Interprète: Vladimir Horowitz Orchestre: Vladimir Horowitz Compositeur: Robert Schumann CD (18 septembre 2006) Nombre de disques: 2 Label: Sony Classical

Nouvellement re-découvert dans la perspective de l'Année SchumannIl ya environ trois ans, un manuscrit jusqu'alors inconnu d'une feuille d'album pour piano de Robert Schumann a été trouvé dans le Leopold Sophien Bibliothèque d'Überlingen. Le petit morceau de piano, intitulée 'Ahnung', avait été donné et consacré par Klara Schumann à une de ses amies, le lithographe et écrivain Julius Allgeyer. Dans la série Wiener Urtext Edition, ce petit ouvrage est publié pour la première fois dans la perspective de l'Année Schumann 2010. Une copie du Schumann autographe retrouvé est inclus dans l'édition. Le expressif, relativement facile à jouer morceau ajoute au répertoire de piano romantique. / Piano

«Je trouve singulier et étonnant», écrit Schumann à Mendelssohn, «que presque chaque motif qui se forme en moi porte en soi les caractéristiques de multiples combinaisons contrapuntiques». 1845 est l?année où Schumann découvre sa passion pour la composition de fugues, passion qu?il partage avec Clara, sa femme. Au cours d?études communes vont ainsi naître à côté des «Six Préludes et Fugues» de Clara des ?uvres pour piano-pédalier de Schumann ainsi que ses 4 Fugues pour piano op. 72 qu?il tenait à considérer comme «Pièces caractéristiques seulement de forme plus stricte». Les Schumanniens avertis peuvent eux aussi découvrir là une nouvelle facette de ce génie si divers. / [Four Fugues Opus 72] / Classique / Doigtés: Klaus Schilde / Partition / Broché / Edition Urtext

51 pièces pour piano du répertoire romantique, des compositeurs tels que Brahms, Chopin, Fauré, Field, Grieg, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, et Tchaikovsky. Comprend notamment : la Rhapsodie en Sol Mineur Opus 79 No2 de Brahms, la Fantaisie-Impromptu in Do# mineur Opus 66 de Chopin, Rêves damour No3 de Liszt, et bien d'autres. / Piano

York Höllers Beitrag zur klassischen und auch für Neue Musik bedeutsamen Gattung des Trios für Klarinette, Bratsche und Klavier kam 2014 beim ?Fokus Perspektive Schumann' in der Alten Oper Frankfurt zur Uraufführung mit Mitgliedern des Ensemble Modern. Höller spürt in der schwungvoll mit Fanfarenmotiven und Halbtontrillern anhebenden Komposition einem spezifischen Gestus Robert Schumanns nach. Mit seinen Märchenerzählungen op. 132 hat der rheinische Meister ja selbst einen Markstein für dieselbe Besetzung geschaffen, und auf Schumanns ?Aufschwung' aus den Fantasiestücken op. 12 weist Höller nicht nur im Titel seines Stücks, sondern auch mit einem Zitat an zentraler Stelle hin. Leidenschaftliche, den Hörer unmittelbar ansprechende und für alle drei Spieler dankbare 11 Minuten Kammermusik. / Clarinette, Alto Et Piano