Schumann: Kreisleriana - Brahms: Two Rhapsodies, Seven Fantasies Elena Fischer-Dieskau

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Seven Fantasies, Op. 116:
• 1 Brahms: Seven Fantasies, Op. 116: I. Capriccio, Presto energico 02:22
• 2 Brahms: Seven Fantasies, Op. 116: II. Intermezzo, Andante 03:46
• 3 Brahms: Seven Fantasies, Op. 116: III. Capriccio, Allegro passionato 03:04
• 4 Brahms: Seven Fantasies, Op. 116: IV. Intermezzo, Adagio 04:33
• 5 Brahms: Seven Fantasies, Op. 116: V. Intermezzo, Andante con grazia ed intimissimo sentimento 02:52
• 6 Brahms: Seven Fantasies, Op. 116: VI. Intermezzo, Andantino teneramente 02:58
• 7 Brahms: Seven Fantasies, Op. 116: VII. Capriccio, Allegro agitato 02:48
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Kreisleriana, Op. 16:
• 8 Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: I. Äußerst bewegt 02:41
• 9 Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: II. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch 10:18
• 10 Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: III. Sehr aufgeregt 04:54
• 11 Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: IV. Sehr langsam 04:07
• 12 Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: V. Sehr lebhaft 03:20
• 13 Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VI. Sehr langsam 04:14
• 14 Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VII. Sehr rasch 02:28
• 15 Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VIII. Schnell und spielend 04:05
• Johannes Brahms: Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79:
• 16 Brahms: Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79: No. 1 in B Minor, Agitato 09:26
• 17 Brahms: Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79: No. 2 in G Minor, Molto passionato,ma non troppo allegro 06:15
• Total Runtime 01:14:11

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Clara Wieck, who in 1840 was to become Clara Schumann, was a signicant gure in the lives both of her husband Robert and of Johannes Brahms, to whom the Schumanns became mentors.

The double inspirations of Clara and of the writer E.T.A. Homann’s ctional Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler are the connecting threads on this debut recording by pianist Elena Fischer-Dieskau, in which Robert’s capricious, moody Kreisleriana is joined by two sets of piano pieces by Brahms.

These three works – all of which Clara read in manuscript directly after their composition – reect youth, maturity and old age. Fischer-Dieskau, member of a musical family which from her grandfather onwards has been deeply associated with the music of the Romantics, captures their wide spectrum of expression, from impulsiveness to autumnal mastery.

Elena Fischer-Dieskau, piano

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