Schumann: Kreisleriana & Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

Simply put, these are readings in which the pianist grabs control of the music...But Neumann doesn’t limit himself to leaving his imprint on the surface of the music: his sense of ‘what is meant’... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2024 More…

Release Date: 12th Jan 2024
Catalogue No: SWR19137CD
Label: SWR Music

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Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16

Robert Neumann (piano)

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (piano version)

Robert Neumann (piano)

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For his second album on the SWR label Robert Neumann chose two works that are easily paired and are close to the pianist’s heart. Robert Schumann’s Kreisleriana depicts a character featured in several tales by E.T.A. Hoffmann, while Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition describes the contemplation of art works by the painter Viktor Hartmann. Both are examples of programme music with somewhat comparable ideas but, as Neumann puts it, ‘One idea deals with a real character, the other one doesn’t… And I think both show in an exemplary manner how flawlessly and in different ways a great Romantic cycle can be structured.’

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March 2024

Simply put, these are readings in which the pianist grabs control of the music...But Neumann doesn’t limit himself to leaving his imprint on the surface of the music: his sense of ‘what is meant’ is apt to be distinctive, too.

Schumann: Kreisleriana & Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

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