Niklas Sivelöv - Schumann: Piano Sonatas (2024)

Niklas Sivelöv has specialised in Schumann and hails him with strong interpretations of the three sonatas from the 1830's. Pure piano romance closer to Beethoven than Chopin - and closest to the composer himself in the splintered flow of ideas and melodies which was Schumann's sorcerer's brew. A classic analyst of form fdoes not find convincing regularity in Schumann. Here it is the poetic logic in the centre: the playing in contrasts, the abrupt change of feelings. Sivelöv masters this. The tones cascade forward or rest in meditating depths. A fairy tale, a bath in beauty, new views and pleasure awaits the alert listener. Sydsvenskan- Carlhåkan Larsén
The three piano sonatas become great raids on temperaments forever changing.
Powerful outbursts with long stretched lines are succeeded by simple miniatures to change into delicate chor or straightforward manifestations.
Sivelov is obviously never afraid of drawing the knife fully through,
and the consistent thinking makes the cd a small masterpiece amidst the grand portrayal of feelings.