A Party's Worth Of Schumann Personae. Pianist Joyce Yang joined me in the studio recently to play selections from Carnaval, and Yang described each piece as an aspect of Schumann's mind: "more ...

There’s also bravery in a pianist taking on Carnaval, Schumann’s idiosyncratic and formidably difficult set of character pieces.They call for youthful zest, demand seasoned technique and ...

Stephen Johnson tries to uncover the mysteries of Schumann's piano suite Carnaval, a work containing many musical puzzles and allusions. Show more Robert Schumann would definitely be a cryptic ...

For example, all 21 miniatures that make up Carnaval are derived from the musical motto A-S-C-H (German notation for A-E flat-C-B), the town where his fiancée at that time was living. Is it true ...

Alessandra Ammara’s finely honed technique and restless interpretative mind suit Schumann’s volatile musical personality, at least some of the time. She dives right into Carnaval’s “Préambule” with ...

Schumann: Carnaval, Sonata No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor Evgeny Kissin, piano (RCA Victor) On a new recital album, Evgeny Kissin brings to the fore many of the virtuoso qualities that have made him a ...

In contrast, the Schumann Carnaval is a bombastic piece, so full of colours and different personalities, and you can really bring all those little people from the carnival to life.

For Schumann’s bicentennial, four classical music critics of The Times offer recommendations for ... ‘CARNAVAL,’ ‘FANTASIESTüCKE,’ OTHER WORKS Arthur Rubinstein, pianist (RCA ...

In it he contends that “Carnaval,” Schumann’s Opus 9, “could not have been written by someone who did not suffer from bipolar disorder.” It is, he adds, “practically a catalog of ...