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Schumann By Nissman

	Release Date: 04/26/2005 Label: Pierian Catalog #: 25 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Robert Schumann Performer: Barbara Nissman Number of Discs: 1 Recorded in: Stereo Length: 1 Hours 16 Mins.	CD $17.99 In Stock

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This is spontaneous and expressive Schumann-playing recorded in August 2004 for The Pierian Recording Society, a non-profit, tax-exempt organization. Barbara Nissman brings zeal and poise, sometimes impetuosity; the latter could be compelling in a concert but maybe doesn’t always suit a recording, in the sense of it being a document to return to. Yet there is more to admire than not, and she responds to the music as if the ink were still wet. Some of her address is eloquent and heartfelt, and she negotiates the thickets of notes in the Fantasy’s second movement with aplomb. Yet, if some detail can be intrusive, there is also a great deal of thought and preparation behind what sometimes can seem an overly impromptu approach. Swings and roundabouts! The Toccata lacks the last degree of transcendentalism, and one questions some balances; too much left hand at times, for example. Yet, there’s a swinging confidence to the playing, too. Or the opening of Kreisleriana, which has fine energy if a slight sense of struggle, and there is much that is touching over the course of the piece. “Träumerei” is most tenderly expressed. If only the piano, or the recording of it, were a little warmer and had more body. Nevertheless, Schumann devotees should find this a worthwhile purchase. Colin Anderson, FANFARE


Works on This Recording			Back to Top

1.	Phantasie for Piano in C major, Op. 17 by Robert Schumann
	Performer: Barbara Nissman (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1836-1838; Germany	Venue: Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl Length: 29 Minutes 48 Secs.

	Notes: Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (08/22/2004 - 08/23/2004)


2.	Toccata for Piano in C major, Op. 7 by Robert Schumann
	Performer: Barbara Nissman (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1829-1832; Germany	Venue: Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl Length: 7 Minutes 19 Secs.

	Notes: Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (08/22/2004 - 08/23/2004)


3.	Kreisleriana, Op. 16 by Robert Schumann
	Performer: Barbara Nissman (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1838; Germany	Venue: Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl Length: 30 Minutes 25 Secs.

	Notes: Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (08/22/2004 - 08/25/2004)


4.	Arabeske for Piano in C major, Op. 18 by Robert Schumann
	Performer: Barbara Nissman (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1838; Germany	Venue: Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl Length: 6 Minutes 6 Secs.

	Notes: Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (08/22/2004 - 08/23/2004)


5.	Kinderszenen, Op. 15: no 7, Träumerei by Robert Schumann
	Performer: Barbara Nissman (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1838; Germany	Venue: Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs.

	Notes: Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (08/22/2004 - 08/23/2004)

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