Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto • Chamber music for cello and piano - Schiff, Oppitz, Haitink, Berliner Philharmoniker
Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto* • Adagio & Allegro • Fantasiestücke • 5 Stücke im Volkston
Heinrich Schiff (cello), Gerhard Oppitz (piano), Bernard Haitink*, Berliner Philharmoniker*
XLD | FLAC (tracks) | No Log/cue-sheet | front- & back covers, High-def JPEG | ~284 MB
Classical | DDD | Philips Digital Classics 422 414-2 (1992)
The Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129, by Robert Schumann was completed in a period of only two weeks, between 10 October and 24 October 1850, shortly after Schumann became the music director at Düsseldorf. The concerto was never played in Schumann's lifetime. It was premièred on 9 June 1860, four years after his death, at the Leipzig Conservatory in a concert in honour of the 50th anniversary of Schumann's birth, with Ludwig Ebert as soloist.
The recording of the cello concerto dates back from 1991 with the renowned Heinrich Schiff as the soloist and the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Bernard Haitink. The concerto is paired by recordings of chamber music pieces by Schumann for cello and piano. In these pieces Heinrich Schiff is accompanied by Gerhard Oppitz.
Track listing:
1. Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129: 1. Nicht zu schnell
2. Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129: 2. Langsam
3. Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129: 3. Sehr lebhaft
4. Adagio & Allegro for horn (or violin or cello) & piano in A flat major, Op. 70: Langsam
5. Adagio & Allegro for horn (or violin or cello) & piano in A flat major, Op. 70: Rasch und feurig Listen
6. Phantasiestücke (3 Fantasy Pieces) for clarinet (or cello or violin) & piano, Op. 73: 1. Zart und mit Ausdruck
7. Phantasiestücke (3 Fantasy Pieces) for clarinet (or cello or violin) & piano, Op. 73: 2. Lebhaft, leicht
8. Phantasiestücke (3 Fantasy Pieces) for clarinet (or cello or violin) & piano, Op. 73: 3. Rasch und mit Feuer
9. Stücke im Volkston (5) for cello (or violin) & piano, Op. 102: 1. "Vanitas vanitatum" mit Humor
10. Stücke im Volkston (5) for cello (or violin) & piano, Op. 102: 2. Langsam
11. Stücke im Volkston (5) for cello (or violin) & piano, Op. 102: 3. Nicht schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen
12. Stücke im Volkston (5) for cello (or violin) & piano, Op. 102: 4. Nicht zu rasch
13. Stücke im Volkston (5) for cello (or violin) & piano, Op. 102: 5. Stark und markiert
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