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Schumann: Piano Works / Gerhard Oppitz
Haenssler Classic

Schumann: Piano Works / Gerhard Oppitz

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Composer
Robert Schumann
Artist
Gerhard Oppitz
Format
CD
Label
Haenssler Classic
Released
Jan 06, 2023
Catalog #
HC22045
UPC
881488220452

About

Within the realm of Romantic piano music, where new discoveries are constantly just around the corner, the contribution of Robert Schumann has always played a major part. True, he cannot rival the aura of Chopin’s works, of which Ignaz Friedman asserted that not only had Chopin opened the piano with them, he had closed it again. (Schumann paid his own tribute in his reverent review of Chopin’s op. 2 of 1831, the Variations on Mozart’s “Reich mir die Hand, mein Leben”). Nor did Schumann embed in the history of piano playing such milestones of technical mastery and manual dexterity as Liszt who – inspired by Paganini’s concerts and enabled by the double-escapement action developed by Sébastien Erard in 1821 – had practically reinvented the instrument by the time he wrote his Etudes d’exécution transcendante in 1837. And neither the sprightliness of Felix Mendelssohn’s keyboard idiom nor Charles-Valentin Alkan’s exaltation of virtuosity are characteristic of Schumann’s piano music, even if he proves in his Abegg Variations op. 1 (1830) and his Toccata op. 7 (1832) that he brilliantly commanded both approaches to the instrument.

Tracklist 30 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 No. 1. Lebhaft 01:48
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Lebhaft
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  3. 2 No. 2. Innig 01:52
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Innig
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  4. 3 No. 3. Mit Humor 01:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Mit Humor
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  5. 4 No. 4. Ungeduldig 01:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Ungeduldig
    Duration
    01:00
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  6. 5 No. 5. Einfach 02:28
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Einfach
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  7. 6 No. 6. Sehr rasch 01:56
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Sehr rasch
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  8. 7 No. 7. Nicht schnell 03:37
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Nicht schnell
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  9. 8 No. 8. Frisch 01:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8. Frisch
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  10. 9 No. 9. Lebhaft 01:48
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9. Lebhaft
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  11. 10 No. 10. Balladenmäßig 01:46
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 10. Balladenmäßig
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  12. 11 No. 11. Einfach 02:16
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11. Einfach
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  13. 12 No. 12. Mit Humor 00:47
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12. Mit Humor
    Duration
    00:47
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  14. 13 No. 13. Wild und lustig 03:26
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 13. Wild und lustig
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  15. 14 No. 14. Zart und singend 03:08
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 14. Zart und singend
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  16. 15 No. 15. Frisch 02:04
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 15. Frisch
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  17. 16 No. 16. Mit gutem Humor 01:53
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 16. Mit gutem Humor
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  18. 17 No. 17. Wie aus der Ferne 04:32
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 17. Wie aus der Ferne
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  19. 18 No. 18. Nicht schnell 02:43
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 18. Nicht schnell
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  20. 19 Humoreske in B-Flat Major, Op. 20 31:31
    Track
    19
    Title
    Humoreske in B-Flat Major, Op. 20
    Duration
    31:31
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  21. Disc 2
  22. 1 I. Allegro 08:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:08
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  23. 2 II. Scherzo: Molto commodo 06:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Molto commodo
    Duration
    06:32
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  24. 3 III. Quasi variazioni: Andantino de Clara Wieck 07:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Quasi variazioni: Andantino de Clara Wieck
    Duration
    07:29
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  25. 4 IV. Prestissimo possibile 08:03
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Prestissimo possibile
    Duration
    08:03
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  26. 5 Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18 06:56
    Track
    5
    Title
    Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18
    Duration
    06:56
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  27. 6 Blumenstück in D-Flat Major, Op. 19 08:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    Blumenstück in D-Flat Major, Op. 19
    Duration
    08:17
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  28. 7 I. Allegro 10:37
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    10:37
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  29. 8 II. Romanze 02:29
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Romanze
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  30. 9 III. Scherzino 02:26
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Scherzino
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  31. 10 IV. Intermezzo 02:25
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Intermezzo
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  32. 11 V. Finale 06:24
    Track
    11
    Title
    V. Finale
    Duration
    06:24
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz