Miah Persson - Portraits: Songs By Clara & Robert Schumann - SUPER-AUDIO CD [Super Audio CD (SACD)]

This brand new album for the very first time brings together the complete songs of Clara Schumann in the original key - a long-overdue present for the two hundredth anniversary of her birth! Why is this collection so compelling and vibrant? Because all the songs are heard in the original keys and in each case fittingly performed by a female or male voice. Miriam Alexandra and Peter Gijsbertsen of course contribute their share here, while Jozef de Beenhouwer's experienced and sovereign piano accompaniment shows them in the very best light. Clara Schumann enjoyed international fame as a pianist and continued to concertize with great success throughout Europe even when she was the mother of a growing brood of children, a housewife, and her husband Robert's assistant. She revealed her compositional talent while she was still a young girl- as the twelve-year-old's InchDer WandererInch and InchDer Wanderer in der SagemuhleInch demonstrate. Later Robert Schumann encouraged his beloved wife to compose new works and even published joint collections of their songs- a very unusual practice during a time when people at most turned up their noses at compositions by women. Clara reached one high point in her vocal oeuvre with the Jucunde songs. The demanding piano part reveals the keyboard virtuoso- but not without offering the singer sufficient room for the luscious design of this music radiating charm, mirth, and joie de vivre. Robert was especially fond of her last song based on Goethe's InchVeilchen,Inch even though it had to vie with Mozart's setting.

'Brahms & Schumann Lieder' sees Dame Ann Murray, one of the great vocal artists of the past decades, return to the recording studio to perform a personal selection of Lieder. 'Brahms & Schumann Lieder', Ann's first solo album in over a decade, will be her final Lieder recording and a fitting way to draw her long and distinguished recording career to a close. Still a regular fixture on the opera circuit, Ann's voice remains impressive. Following a Brahms recital at Wigmore Hall in 2014, the Times stated 'Her still-penetrating mezzo was the highlight of the evening. Murray really sings through Brahms's cantabile lines while losing nothing in theatrical awareness.' It is difficult to imagine a singer who inspires greater affection and admiration than Ann Murray DBE. With Malcolm Martineau at the piano, this beautifully balanced programme sees Ann perform some of her favourite works by Schumann and Brahms. The recording features Malcolm Martineau (piano) Benjamin Appl (baritone), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Johnny Langridge (tenor & Ann's son) and Hester Dickson (piano & Malcolm's mother). Ann Murray has been acclaimed for her performances at the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, the Vienna State Opera and the Salzburg Festival. A founding member of Graham Johnson's organization, the Songmaker's Almanac and a Jury member for the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2009 and Song Prize, Ann Murray is a lover of song and has been acclaimed worldwide for her own performances. In the 2002 Golden Jubilee Queen's Birthday Honours Murray was appointed an honorary Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. She is an Honorary Doctor of Music at the National University of Ireland and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music. Details 1. Abschied Von Frankreich 2. Gedichte Der Konigin Maria Stuart, Op. 135 No. 2, Nach Der Geburt Ihres Sohnes (Ann Murr

Details 1. Fantasie (Obolen Auf Beethovens Monument) for Piano in C Major, Op. 17 Durchaus Phantastisch Und Leidenschaftlich Vorzutragen - Im L 2. Fantasie (Obolen Auf Beethovens Monument) for Piano in C Major, Op. 17 Mäßig. Durchaus Energisch - Etwas Langsamer - Viel Bewegter 3. Fantasie (Obolen Auf Beethovens Monument) for Piano in C Major, Op. 17 Langsam Getragen. Durchweg Leise Zu Halten - Etwas Bewegter 4. Kreisleriana, 8 Fantasies for Piano, Op. 16 NR. 1 Äußerst Bewegt 5. Kreisleriana, 8 Fantasies for Piano, Op. 16 NR. 2. Sehr Innig Und Nicht Zu Rasch - Intermezzo 1. Sehr Lebhaft - Erstes Tempo - Inter 6. Kreisleriana, 8 Fantasies for Piano, Op. 16 NR. 3. Sehr Aufgeregt 7. Kreisleriana, 8 Fantasies for Piano, Op. 16 NR. 4. Sehr Langsam 8. Kreisleriana, 8 Fantasies for Piano, Op. 16 NR. 5. Sehr Lebhaft 9. Kreisleriana, 8 Fantasies for Piano, Op. 16 NR. 6. Sehr Langsam 10. Kreisleriana, 8 Fantasies for Piano, Op. 16 NR. 7. Sehr Rasch 11. Kreisleriana, 8 Fantasies for Piano, Op. 16 NR. 8. Schnell Und Spielend 12. Arabeske for Piano in C Major, Op. 18