Schumann Cello Zoe Knighton & Amir Farid

• Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896): 6 Lieder, Op. 13:
• 1 Schumann: 6 Lieder, Op. 13 - Ich stand in dunklen Träumen 02:25
• 2 Schumann: 6 Lieder, Op. 13 - Sie liebten sich 01:58
• 3 Schumann: 6 Lieder, Op. 13 - Liebeszauber 02:28
• 4 Schumann: 6 Lieder, Op. 13 - Der Mond kommt still gegangen 01:48
• 5 Schumann: 6 Lieder, Op. 13 - Ich hab’ in Deinem Auge 02:13
• 6 Schumann: 6 Lieder, Op. 13 - Die stille Lotosblume 02:58
• Clara Schumann: 3 Gedichte aus Rückerts “Liebesfrühling”, Op.12:
• 7 Schumann: 3 Gedichte aus Rückerts “Liebesfrühling”, Op.12 - Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen 02:52
• 8 Schumann: 3 Gedichte aus Rückerts “Liebesfrühling”, Op.12 - Liebst du um Schönheit 02:43
• 9 Schumann: 3 Gedichte aus Rückerts “Liebesfrühling”, Op.12 - Warum willst du and’re fragen?- 02:36
• Clara Schumann: Sechs Lieder aus “Jucunde” von Hermann Rollet, Op. 23:
• 10 Schumann: Sechs Lieder aus “Jucunde” von Hermann Rollet, Op. 23 - Was weinst du, Blümlein 01:58
• 11 Schumann: Sechs Lieder aus “Jucunde” von Hermann Rollet, Op. 23 - An einem lichten Morgen 03:38
• 12 Schumann: Sechs Lieder aus “Jucunde” von Hermann Rollet, Op. 23 - Geheimes Flüstern hier und dort 03:27
• 13 Schumann: Sechs Lieder aus “Jucunde” von Hermann Rollet, Op. 23 - Auf einem grünen Hügel 02:42
• 14 Schumann: Sechs Lieder aus “Jucunde” von Hermann Rollet, Op. 23 - Das ist ein Tag, der klingen mag 01:16
• 15 Schumann: Sechs Lieder aus “Jucunde” von Hermann Rollet, Op. 23 - O Lust, o Lust 02:12
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): 6 Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73:
• 16 Schumann: 6 Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73 - Zart und mit Ausdruck 03:28
• 17 Schumann: 6 Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73 - Lebhaft, leicht 04:13
• 18 Schumann: 6 Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73 - Rasch und mit Feuer 04:34
• Robert Schumann: Fünf Stücke imVolkston, Op. 102:
• 19 Schumann: Fünf Stücke imVolkston, Op. 102 - Mit Humor 03:43
• 20 Schumann: Fünf Stücke imVolkston, Op. 102 - Langsam 03:33
• 21 Schumann: Fünf Stücke imVolkston, Op. 102 - Nicht Schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen 04:07
• 22 Schumann: Fünf Stücke imVolkston, Op. 102 - Nicht zu rasch 02:15
• 23 Schumann: Fünf Stücke imVolkston, Op. 102 - Stark und markirt 02:58
• Total Runtime 01:06:05

Info for Schumann Cello

The collaboration between cellist Zoe Knighton and pianist Amir Farid continues with a collection of short works by Clara and Robert Schumann

Clara and Robert Schumann were the most celebrated music couple of the 19th century. They met as children when Robert was having piano lessons with Clara's father, Friedrich Wieck. Wieck named his daughter "Clara", meaning "brilliance", and put everything into raising a virtuoso pianist. They married one day before her 21st birthday, together having eight children (one died in infancy).

Before their marriage she was the more famous performer. She nurtured Robert's composition and promoted him. Giving first performances of Robert Schumann and their friend Johannes Brahms. Contrary to common belief, Clara did not abandon composition when she married Robert. The two of them composed side-by-side, sometimes publishing songs together, without specific attribution.

Believe it or not, Clara was one of, if not the first pianist to perform from memory. She earnt the majority of the money for the household and in fact, her compositions were more popular than Robert's in her lifetime.

These three sets of songs on this album were written in 1840 (the year of their marriage), 1844 and 1853 respectively. "I once believed that I possessed creative talent, but I have given up this idea; a woman must not desire to compose-there has never yet been one able to do it. Should I expect to be the one?"

Zoe Knighton, cello
Amir Farid, piano

Zoe Knighton
is at the fore of a new generation of performer intent on forging an innovative path for the enjoyment of 'classical' music. She is a founding member of Flinders Quartet

In 2008, Zoe founded the Melbourne Chamber Feast, a biannual festival celebrating the wealth of chamber music talent in Melbourne and in 2009 was the Artistic Director of the Montsalvat 20 concert series. She is currently a board member of 3MBS FM and on the Musica Viva review panel.

A passionate pedagogue, Zoe and the Flinders Quartet are regular tutors for the Australian Youth Orchestra and the Mount Buller Chamber Music Summer School. Zoe coaches chamber music and cello studies at the Victorian College of the Arts and the University of Melbourne where in 2008, she was Acting Co-ordinator of Strings. She has been guest lecturer at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music and guest principal cellist with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Zoe plays with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and is a core member of the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra. The Flinders Quartet has toured internationally through Sweden, Canada and the UK and appears regularly at Australian festivals as well as its own celebrated subscription series.

With pianist Amir Farid, the duo made an impressive debut at the Melbourne Recital Centre to great critical acclaim. Their partnership continues with recordings for the ABC and concerts throughout Australia.

Amir Farid
Pianist Amir Farid has been described as "a highly creative musician - a pianist of great intelligence and integrity. He brings strong musical substance to all that he does, imbuing it with his own particular experience and understanding", and who "in a well populated field...distinguishes himself for all the right reasons". Winner of the 2006 Australian National Piano Award.

In 2004 Mr. Farid completed his B.Mus (Hon) at the University of Melbourne under the guidance of Ronald Farren-Price, and later attended the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) studying with Rita Reichman, the late Geoffrey Tozer and Timothy Young. In 2009, he graduated with distinction as a Scholar supported by the Gordon Calway Stone Memorial Award at the Royal College of Music London, studying with Andrew Ball.

He has performed concerti with the Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, Melbourne Youth and ANAM Orchestras, including Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl with the Melbourne Symphony in front of a capacity 13,000 strong crowd. Collaborations with conductors include Graham Abbott, Peter Bandy, Alexander Briger, Oleg Caetani, Brett Dean, Marko Letonja and Benjamin Northey.

As a chamber musician, Mr. Farid is pianist of the acclaimed Benaud Trio (www.benaudtrio.com), winning the Piano Trio prize at the 2005 Australian Chamber Music Competition, and with whom he undertook a residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada.

As an associate artist, he was winner of the prize for best pianist at the 2006 Mietta Song Recital award, and the 2007 Geoffrey Parsons Award. Collaborations include cellists Alexander Baillie, Mats Lidstrom and Martin Loveday, saxophonist Claude Delangle, clarinetist Dong Jun-Mo, contralto Liane Keegan, pianist Max Olding, soprano Merlyn Quaife, the Tin Alley String Quartet and mezzo-soprano Pamela Turner.

Throughout his studies, Mr. Farid has participated in lessons and masterclasses with Michele Campanella, Aquiles Delle Vigne, Nikolai Demidenko, Christopher Elton, Gordon Fergus-Thompson, Cord Garben, Mark Gasser, Angela Hewitt, Ian Holtham, Leslie Howard, Julian Jacobson, Geoffrey Lancaster, Stephen McIntyre, Malcolm Martineau, Dominique Merlet, Hamish Milne, Lisa Moore, Ian Munro, Ruth Nye, Adrian Oetiker, Max Olding, Bart van Oort, Christina Ortiz, John Perry, Geoffrey Saba, Natasha Vlassenko, Frank Wibaut, Gerard Willems, Oxana Yablonskaya and John York.

Mr. Farid would like to acknowledge the support and generosity of the following organizations and individuals: Mr. Neville Arthur, the Australia Business Arts Foundation, the Australian Music Foundation, the Australian National Academy of Music, Mr. John Garran, Mrs. Lois Goodin, Mrs. Heather de Haes, the Ian Potter Cultural Trust, the Royal College of Music, The Swiss Global Artistic Foundation, the Tait Memorial Foundation, the Turnbull Family and the University of Melbourne.

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