Edna Stern - Schubert on Tape - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This new recording, featuring Schumann's Carnaval Op. 9, Kinderszenen Op. 15 and Edna Stern's own first recorded composition, is a portrait of Schumann in all the energy of his youth. It represents the composer's first introduction to the characters of his two alter-egos Florestan, ready to conquer the musical world with his fire and passion, and Eusebius, the daydreamer and poet who also speaks in Kinderszenen's last piece. Stern's own composition is a homage to Schumann, composed after reading his critical article on pianists who do not compose. Schumann thought composition should be a part of all musicians' lives, an ideal embraced by Edna Stern and one leading the pianist on a new path of her own.

From Leonore (1805) to Fidelio (1814), there were three successive versions of Beethoven's opera, only the last of which has been in the repertory since the 19th century. Going against tradition, René Jacobs has chosen to revive the earliest version, reworking the librettos and the spoken dialogue a genuine tour de force, this still unknown Leonore forms an incomparable musical and dramatic structure requiring exemplary mastery on the part of both orchestra and singers. A landmark recording, this superb performance proves it's case in every respect.

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