Fantasiestücke is strong as well as poetic. The Kinderszenen is also one of the finest performances of the 1980s and is touched with real distinction. Brendel's Kreisleriana is intelligent and...

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Alfred Brendel plays Schumann

Alfred Brendel (piano)

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Fantasiestücke is strong as well as poetic. The Kinderszenen is also one of the finest performances of the 1980s and is touched with real distinction. Brendel's Kreisleriana is intelligent and...

Penguin Guide, 2010 edition3 out of 4 stars

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Release date: 14th Oct 1992
Label: Philips
Catalogue number: 4347322
Length: 77 minutes
Genre:
- Piano Solos

Contents and tracklist

Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16

Work length32:12

Alfred Brendel (piano)
Recorded: 1980-08
Recording Venue: London

I. Äußerst bewegt

Track length2:48

II. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch

Track length8:06

III. Sehr aufgeregt

Track length4:39

IV. Sehr langsam

Track length3:58

V. Sehr lebhaft

Track length2:57

VI. Sehr langsam

Track length4:13

VII. Sehr rasch

Track length2:09

VIII. Schnell und spielend

Track length3:22

Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15

Work length17:32

Alfred Brendel (piano)
Recorded: 1980-08
Recording Venue: London

I. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

Track length1:36

II. Kuriose Geschichte

Track length1:09

III. Hasche-Mann

Track length00:30

IV. Bittendes Kind

Track length00:47

V. Glückes genug

Track length1:18

VI. Wichtige Begebenheit

Track length00:49

VII. Träumerei

Track length2:30

VIII. Am Kamin

Track length00:51

IX. Ritter vom Steckenpferd

Track length00:40

X. Fast zu ernst

Track length1:27

XI. Fürchtenmachen

Track length1:39

XII. Kind im Einschlummern

Track length2:00

XIII. Der Dichter spricht

Track length2:16

Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12

Work length27:48

Alfred Brendel (piano)
Recorded: 1982-03
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

I. Des Abends

Track length3:45

II. Aufschwung

Track length3:12

III. Warum?

Track length2:23

IV. Grillen

Track length3:10

V. In der Nacht

Track length4:06

VI. Fabel

Track length2:54

VII. Traumes Wirren

Track length2:35

VIII. Ende vom Lied

Track length5:43

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2010 edition

Fantasiestücke is strong as well as poetic. The Kinderszenen is also one of the finest performances of the 1980s and is touched with real distinction. Brendel's Kreisleriana is intelligent and finely characterized.

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