Benjamin Grosvenor – Schumann & Brahms (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Benjamin Grosvenor – Schumann & Brahms (2023)
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The acclaimed British pianist, Benjamin Grosvenor, still only 30 and yet a well-established favourite of critics and audiences around the globe, takes Robert Schumann’s haunting Kreisleriana as his starting point in his album, ‘Schumann & Brahms’. This eight-movement work portrays the mercurial personality of the fictional Johannes Kreisler, created by E. T. A. Hoffmann: Kreisler’s highs and lows, and his dreamy nature, clearly mirror Schumann’s own tragic manic-depressive tendencies. Grosvenor responds to the composer’s autobiographical honesty with playing of sublime tenderness, dazzling variety, and imaginative empathy. He accompanies the work with the melancholic Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann by Schumann’s beloved wife Clara (who, incidentally, stated that she was much disturbed by the visions conjured up in Kreisleriana). Further kaleidoscopic variety is provided by Robert’s Blumenstück, and Quasi Variazione: Andantino de Clara Wieck. The recital also includes Brahms’ Three Intermezzi, autumnal works which shed a fascinating light on the complicated relationship which existed between Robert, Clara and Brahms himself. Grosvenor’s own arrangement of Robert’s Abendlied completes the programme.

Tracklist:

1-01. Benjamin Grosvenor – Kreisleriana, op. 16: I. Äußerst bewegt (02:48)
1-02. Benjamin Grosvenor – Kreisleriana, op. 16: II. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch (09:56)
1-03. Benjamin Grosvenor – Kreisleriana, op. 16: III. Sehr aufgeregt (04:49)
1-04. Benjamin Grosvenor – Kreisleriana, op. 16: IV. Sehr langsam (03:47)
1-05. Benjamin Grosvenor – Kreisleriana, op. 16: V. Sehr lebhaft (03:23)
1-06. Benjamin Grosvenor – Kreisleriana, op. 16: VI. Sehr langsam (04:30)
1-07. Benjamin Grosvenor – Kreisleriana, op. 16: VII. Sehr rasch (02:23)
1-08. Benjamin Grosvenor – Kreisleriana, op. 16: VIII. Schnell und spielend (03:34)
1-09. Benjamin Grosvenor – 3 Romanzen, Op. 28: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major (Einfach) (03:50)
1-10. Benjamin Grosvenor – Schumann: Blumenstück, Op. 19 (07:21)
1-11. Benjamin Grosvenor – Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14: III. Quasi variazioni (Andantino de Clara Wieck): Theme (00:48)
1-12. Benjamin Grosvenor – Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14: III. Quasi variazioni (Andantino de Clara Wieck): Var. I (00:53)
1-13. Benjamin Grosvenor – Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14: III. Quasi variazioni (Andantino de Clara Wieck): Var. II (01:39)
1-14. Benjamin Grosvenor – Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14: III. Quasi variazioni (Andantino de Clara Wieck): Var. III (00:57)
1-15. Benjamin Grosvenor – Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14: III. Quasi variazioni (Andantino de Clara Wieck): Var. IV (03:24)
1-16. Benjamin Grosvenor – Schumann: Abendlied, Op. 85 No. 12 (Arr. Grosvenor) (03:27)
1-17. Benjamin Grosvenor – Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20: Theme (01:09)
1-18. Benjamin Grosvenor – Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20: Var. I (00:51)
1-19. Benjamin Grosvenor – Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20: Var. II (00:56)
1-20. Benjamin Grosvenor – Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20: Var. III (01:13)
1-21. Benjamin Grosvenor – Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20: Var. IV (00:58)
1-22. Benjamin Grosvenor – Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20: Var. V (01:00)
1-23. Benjamin Grosvenor – Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20: Var. VI (01:10)
1-24. Benjamin Grosvenor – Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20: Var. VII (04:16)
1-25. Benjamin Grosvenor – Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 1 in E-Flat Major (05:14)
1-26. Benjamin Grosvenor – Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 2 in B-Flat Minor (04:54)
1-27. Benjamin Grosvenor – Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor (06:22)

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