Jean-Philippe Collard - Schumann: Fantasie & Kreisleriana (Bonus Track Version) (2017)

Recorded in April 2016 at the brand new Cité de la Musique and Dance in Soissons, Jean-Philippe Collard's Les Fantaisie and the Cycle of Kreisleriana by Schumann remind us how the pianist is one of the happy few in the great international scene when In his youth, Collard incorporated the excellent influences of Yves Nat, Vlado Perlemuter, Gilels, and Richter, while at the same time allowing the development of his Personal design of the structures. With maturity helping, it is now before a very original interpretation that we strongly suggest to the listener to listen and taste. Virtuosity - required, and not only a little else! - gives way to a highly musical and sonorous conception of these great Schumannian masterpieces, conceived in a transparency "à la française" (after all, Collard did not record the entire piano of Ravel and Fauré, as well as that for four hands of Debussy with Beroff?) Quite welcome.

TRACKLIST

01. I. Durchaus fantastich und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen-im Legenden-Ton
02. II. Mäßig. Durchaus energisch
03. III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten
04. I. Äußerst bewegt
05. II. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch
06. III. Sehr aufgeregt
07. IV. Sehr langsam
08. V. Sehr lebhaft
09. VI. Sehr langsam
10. VII. Sehr rasch
11. VIII. Schnell Und Spielend
12. Widmung, S. 566 (After Schumann) (Bonus Track)