R. Schumann - Chamber Music with Piano - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

A live recording from Leipzig featuring soprano Anne Schwanewilms, pianist Manuel Lange and actor Wolf-Dietrich Rammler is now being released by GENUIN. The program of this top-class evening included the Seven Early Songs by Alban Berg, the poems of Hilde Domin, and the song cycle Dennoch by Stefan Heucke. The latter is also based on poems by Hilde Domin and is presented here as a world-premiere recording. Anne Schwanewilms, Manuel Lange and Wolf-Dietrich Rammler take us on an intensive journey, carefully arranged in a sequence of music and text From personal life journeys to the universal - a humanitarian appeal of great poetry and music!

That a young violinist dares to present a CD that exclusively features contemporary music is unusual enough. That, however, her program selection is so successful that this GENUIN CD goes beyond all aspects of tonal beauty and all violinist bravura, exhibiting almost meditative qualities, is simply marvelous. Zhi-Jong Wang spans a bridge between the East and West, between Sofia Gubaidulina and Bright Sheng, between Arvo Pärt and Lera Auerbach. However, she does not fall into the trap of globalization- leveling everything, but instead follows a wholly individual, striking path. Highest marks for repertoire and interpretation!

R. Schumann - Piano Music [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/06/2004