Clara Schumann: Madame Schumann: Clara's Original Concert Programmes

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Homage is paid to Clara’s own concert programmes in this enjoyable two-disc set. The two recitals include works by her husband, Fanny Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Handel and Scarlatti. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 17th May 2019
Catalogue No: 0301194BC
Label: Berlin Classics
Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

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Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47

Work length27:44

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Ragna Schirmer (piano), Iason Keramidis (fiddle), Julien Heichelbech (viola), Benedict Klöckner (cello)

I. Sostenuto assai - Allegro ma non troppo

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II. Scherzo. Molto vivace

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III. Andante cantabile

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IV. Finale. Vivace

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Uber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh

Work length1:27

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Nora Friedrichs (soprano), Ragna Schirmer (piano)

Excerpt, Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25

Work length2:11

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Nora Friedrichs (soprano), Ragna Schirmer (piano)

No. 1, Widmung

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Schumann, Clara: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17

Work length28:15

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Ragna Schirmer (piano), Iason Keramidis (fiddle), Benedict Klöckner (cello)

I. Allegro moderato

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II. Scherzo. Tempo di menuetto

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III. Andante

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IV. Allegretto

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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'

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Ragna Schirmer (piano)

I. Allegro con brio

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II. Introduzione. Adagio molto

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III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo

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Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.430 / L.463 / P.463

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Ragna Schirmer (piano)

Improvisation ã la Clara Schumann I

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Ragna Schirmer (piano)

Handel: Keyboard Suite, HWV 432 in G minor

Work length7:02

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Ragna Schirmer (piano)

IV. Sarabande

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V. Gigue

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VI. Passacaille

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Improvisation ã la Clara Schumann II

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Ragna Schirmer (piano)

Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide, Act II: Gavotte, Anh. Ia / 2

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Ragna Schirmer (piano)

Act II: Gavotte, Anh. Ia / 2

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Excerpt, Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15

Work length15:30

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Ragna Schirmer (piano)

No. 1, Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (of Foreign Lands and People)

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No. 2, Curiose Geschichte (a Strange Story)

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No. 3, Hasche-Mann (Catch-as-catch-can)

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No. 4, Bittendes Kind (Pleading Child)

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No. 5, Glückes genug (Happy Enough)

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No. 7, Träumerei (Dreaming)

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No. 8, Am Camin (By the Fire-side)

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No. 9, Ritter vom Steckenpferd (Knight of the Hobb y-horse)

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No. 10, Fast zu ernst (Almost Too Serious)

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No. 11, Fürchtenmachen (Frightening)

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No. 13, Der Dichter spricht (the Poet Speaks)

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Chopin: Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2

Work length3:20

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Ragna Schirmer (piano)

Improvisation ã la Clara Schumann III

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Ragna Schirmer (piano)

Chopin: Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29

Work length3:59

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Ragna Schirmer (piano)

Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14

Work length6:53

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Ragna Schirmer (piano)

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One of the most exceptional female artists of the 19th century celebrates her 200th birthday in 2019. The acknowledged Clara Schumann expert Ragna Schirmer has devoted a special act of homage to her artistic predecessor, taking two original concert programmes selected from Clara’s decades of concert performance and recording them to provide insight into the life and work of this very special woman. On a tour of England, she played a solo piano recital (an unusual practice at that time) featuring all the works that meant most to her: her husband’s “Scenes from Childhood” and works by Beethoven, Scarlatti, Chopin, Brahms and Mendelssohn, a programme that delighted her audience. She was announced as “Madame Schumann”.

Ragna Schirmer has long been recognized for her intimate engagement with the life of Clara Schumann. In April 2019, she will receive the Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau. “I have all her diaries at home, I have all her letters at home, I have all the biographies ever written, her children’s reminiscences ... I find it incredibly exciting to be involved with this life and I regard her as an essential role model.”

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September 2019

Homage is paid to Clara’s own concert programmes in this enjoyable two-disc set. The two recitals include works by her husband, Fanny Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Handel and Scarlatti.

September 2019

Each of the two discs celebrates Clara the pianist by recreating concerts she gave. Kinderszenen is not given complete, as was Clara’s practice (here ‘Wichtige Begebenheit’ and ‘Fast zu ernst’ are omitted). The performances are first-rate though, as are those of the closing Chopin pieces and Mendelssohn’s Rondo capriccioso. Berlin Classics’ sound is excellent.

Clara Schumann: Madame Schumann

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