Takahiro Yoshikawa - Schumann: Piano Works (2018)

Tracklist

01. Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 1, Des Abends
02. Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 2, Aufschwung
03. Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 3, Warum?
04. Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 4, Grillen
05. Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 5, in der Nacht
06. Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 6, Fabel
07. Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 7, Traumes Wirren
08. Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 8, Ende vom Lied
09. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 1, Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
10. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 2, Curiose Geschichte
11. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 3, Hasche-Mann
12. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 4, Bittendes Kind
13. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 5, Glückes genug
14. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 6, Wichtige Begebenheit
15. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7, Träumerei
16. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 8, Am Kamin
17. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 9, Ritter vom Steckenpferd
18. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 10, Fast zu ernst
19. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 11, Fürchtenmachen
20. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 12, Kind im Einschlummern
21. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 13, Der Dichter spricht
22. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 1, Eintritt
23. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 2, Jäger auf der Lauer
24. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 3, Einsame Blumen
25. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 4, Verrufene Stelle
26. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 5, Freundliche Landschaft
27. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 6, Herberge
28. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 7, Vogel als Prophet
29. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 8, Jagdlied
30. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 9, Abschied



This release is a new recording featuring the brilliant interpretation of Robert Schumann, the main voice of Romanticism, by the pianist Takahiro Yoshikawa. Yoshikawa has already released two albums on the Ypsilon label dedicated to Beethoven and Debussy, both of which received widespread acclaim. The present album scales three peaks of Schuman's piano literature. Fantasiestücke Op. 12 (Fantasy Pieces), is a set of eight pieces for piano written in 1837 and presented by some critics as 'Tales of The Night'. They describe, indeed, intimate and disturbing scenes of nightlife where the moonbeams dimmed by the clouds create dreams and nightmares. Kinderszenen Op. 15 (Scenes from Childohood) is a set of thirteen quiet short pieces written in 1838. Waldszene Op. 82 (Forest Scenes) is nine pieces written between 1848 and 1849 characterized by a more profound introspection. With his particular lyricism, Takahiro Yosikawa conjures here an entirely different sound-world moving between a sharp sense of period style and an extraordinary technique giving all the charm and poetry the German composer intended. In all, this album is a tremendous achievement, and is highly enjoyable and desirable.

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