Compact Discoveries 79: "Clara Schumann"
Series: Compact Discoveries
From: Fred Flaxman
Length: 00:57:56
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She was a superwoman who gave birth to eight children, played the piano on the level of Franz Liszt, and supported her family, including footing the bills for a private insane asylum for her husband, the composer Robert Schumann. Included are Clara's Piano Concerto in A Minor and her Piano Trio in G Minor.
Broadcast History
This program was first distributed nationally by the WFMT Radio Network.
Transcript
Program 79
"Clara Schumann"
MUSIC: Robert Schumann: clip from the very beginning of his Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54, performed by Thomas Lorango, pianist, with the New Brandenburg Collegium conducted by Anthony Newman [Newport Classic NCD 60034, track 1] [fades out under the following]
Recognize this piece? It is the opening of the Piano Concerto in A Minor by Schumann. What about this piece?
MUSIC: clip from the opening of Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7, performed by Francesco Nicolosi, piano, with the Alma Mahler Sinfonietta conducted by Stefania Rinaldi [Naxos 8.557552, tracks 1, 2 and 3] [fades but continues under the following]
I'll bet you don't recognize it. And yet it is also the opening of the Piano Concerto in A Minor by Schumann. How could that be? Well, it's very simply explained by throwing in the first names of these two different, but highly re...
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