Madoka Inui - Fantasies - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Robert Schumann's Studien and Konzert-Eteden transform Paganini's violin Caprices into stunningly virtuoso pieces for piano. Containing the hidden 'voice' of his beloved Clara the Humoreske Op. 20 is filled with contrasts Schumann expressed as composing and writing and laughing and crying all at the same time. Ukrainian pianist Mariya Kim has gained global recognition through prizes including the Horowitz Paderewski and China Shenzhen International Piano Competitions and the Seoul and Jose Iturbi International Music Competitions. Her achievements have also brought her a Yamaha Foundation Award.

The reputation of Johann Nepomuk Hummel-child prodigy, student of Mozart, successor of Haydn and Beethoven' rival, widely-travelled piano virtuoso, composer, conductor, influential teacher and ingenious businessman-is once more on the rise.

Krzysztof Meyer' intensely dramatic and eloquent string quartets stand at the centre of his achievements as a composer. The extremes of mood which characterize the Ninth Quartet contrast with the Eleventh Quartet.