Nino Gvetadze - Einsam (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Robert Schumann’s piano music is invariably bound up with the dramatic events of his life. Schumann channelled both his love for Clara and his pianistic frustrations into his music, which was often composed with Clara in mind, both romantically and musically; she was an outstanding pianist and composer in her own right.

During the late 1830s Schumann wrote numerous works for the piano, many of which met with considerable success. The Arabeske in C, Op. 18 dates from early 1839. In a letter of 15 August Schumann described the piece, which was dedicated to Frau Majorin Friederike Serre auf Maxen, as “delicate – for ladies”, and it is true that it has a gently lyrical, dreamy quality. Yet there is more to the Arabeske than this modest description would suggest. Schumann had left Leipzig for Vienna in the autumn of 1838 after reaching an impasse in his relations with the Wiecks, and the keenness with which he felt the separation from Clara may be sensed in the Arabeske’s mixture of wistfulness and determination.

Of the piano music written by Schumann in the 1830s, just two collections include movement titles: the Phantasiestücke, Op. 12, and the Kinderszenen, Op. 15 of 1838. Schumann sketched 30 “cute little things” in early 1838, from which he chose 13 to create the Kinderszenen. The vivid movement titles were attached to each of the Kinderszenen after the music had been written, rather than inspiring the musical content. Yet the tender romanticism of these pieces – in Träumerei especially – suggests that Clara was never far from Schumann’s thoughts as he composed them.

TRACKLIST

01. Nino Gvetadze - Arabeske, Op. 18
02. Nino Gvetadze - Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 1. Von fremden Landern und Menschen
03. Nino Gvetadze - Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 2. Curiose Geschichte
04. Nino Gvetadze - Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 3.Hasche-Mann
05. Nino Gvetadze - Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 4. Bittendes Kind
06. Nino Gvetadze - Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 5. Gluckes genug
07. Nino Gvetadze - Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 6. Wichtige Begebenheit
08. Nino Gvetadze - Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 7. Traumerei
09. Nino Gvetadze - Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 8. Am Camin
10. Nino Gvetadze - Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd
11. Nino Gvetadze - Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 10. Fast zu ernst
12. Nino Gvetadze - Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 11. Furchtenmachen
13. Nino Gvetadze - Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 12. Kind im Einschlummern
14. Nino Gvetadze - Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 13. Der Dichter spricht
15. Nino Gvetadze - Kreisleriana, Op. 16: 1. Außerst bewegt
16. Nino Gvetadze - Kreisleriana, Op. 16: 2. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch
17. Nino Gvetadze - Kreisleriana, Op. 16: 3. Sehr aufgeregt
18. Nino Gvetadze - Kreisleriana, Op. 16: 4. Sehr langsam
19. Nino Gvetadze - Kreisleriana, Op. 16: 5. Sehr lebhaft
20. Nino Gvetadze - Kreisleriana, Op. 16: 6. Sehr langsam II
21. Nino Gvetadze - Kreisleriana, Op. 16: 7. Sehr rasch
22. Nino Gvetadze - Kreisleriana, Op. 16: 8. Schnell und spielend
23. Nino Gvetadze - From Waldszenen, Op. 82: VII. Vogel als Prophet
24. Nino Gvetadze - From 3 Romanzen, Op.28: II. Einfach



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