The acclaimed British pianist, Benjamin Grosvenor, still only 30 and yet a well-established favourite of critics and audiences around the globe, takes Robert Schumann's haunting Kreisleriana as his starting point in his album, 'Schumann & Brahms'. This eight-movement work portrays the mercurial personality of the fictional Johannes Kreisler, created by E. T. A. Hoffmann: Kreisler's highs and lows, and his dreamy nature, clearly mirror Schumann's own tragic manic-depressive tendencies. Grosvenor responds to the composer's autobiographical honesty with playing of sublime tenderness, dazzling variety, and imaginative empathy. He accompanies the work with the melancholic Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann by Schumann's beloved wife Clara (who, incidentally, stated that she was much disturbed by the visions conjured up in Kreisleriana). Further kaleidoscopic variety is provided by Robert's Blumenstuck, and Quasi Variazione: Andantino de Clara Wieck. The recital also includes Brahms' Three Intermezzi, autumnal works which shed a fascinating light on the complicated relationship which existed between Robert, Clara and Brahms himself. Grosvenor's own arrangement of Robert's Abendlied completes the programme.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.I. Au?erst Bewegt

Benjamin Grosvenor

2.II. Sehr Innig Und Nicht Zu Rasch

Benjamin Grosvenor

3.III. Sehr Aufgeregt

Benjamin Grosvenor

4.IV. Sehr Langsam

Benjamin Grosvenor

5.V. Sehr Lebhaft

Benjamin Grosvenor

6.VI. Sehr Langsam

Benjamin Grosvenor

7.VII. Sehr Rasch

Benjamin Grosvenor

8.VIII. Schnell Und Spielend

Benjamin Grosvenor

9.No. 2 in F-sharp Major (Einfach)

Benjamin Grosvenor

10.Blumenstuck, Op. 19

Benjamin Grosvenor

11.Theme

Benjamin Grosvenor

12.Variation I

Benjamin Grosvenor

13.Variation II

Benjamin Grosvenor

14.Variation III

Benjamin Grosvenor

15.Variation IV

Benjamin Grosvenor

16.Abendlied, Op. 85, No. 12

Benjamin Grosvenor

17.Theme

Benjamin Grosvenor

18.Variation I

Benjamin Grosvenor

19.Variation II

Benjamin Grosvenor

20.Variation III

Benjamin Grosvenor

21.Variation IV

Benjamin Grosvenor

22.Variation V

Benjamin Grosvenor

23.Variation VI

Benjamin Grosvenor

24.Variation VII

Benjamin Grosvenor

25.No. 1 in E-flat Major

Benjamin Grosvenor

26.No. 2 in B-flat Minor

Benjamin Grosvenor

27.No. 3 in C-sharp Minor

Benjamin Grosvenor

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