@@WilliamDurrant-ll8xy it’s hard with the tonic pedal so present. But the circle progression is hidden in there. Try singing Do-Fa-Ti-Mi-La-Re-So-Do (one pitch per measure) along with the recording.
To me is a truly magic piece of art. As it was devoted to Chopin, he devoted his second Ballade to Schumann. Forget all the gossip about who liked what. We cannot now ask Chopin nor Schumann. Form your own opinion. This here is fantastic.
3:56 such a sorrowful moment!Incredible image of longing and sadness. Such a wonderful performerce which reveals the high quality of Schumann’s counterpoint through beautifully shaped plans.
Interesting fact, at 17:43, the left hand plays (exact rhythm, note for note) the opening to the third movement of Beethoven's Appassionata - just a lot slower.
I really can't wrap my head around this dislike... Chopin's best works and Schumann's are on the same level, that is, some of the finest music ever written...
Hey! Just here to say that i'm a huge fan of your videos! It's always a pleasure to read through the description of your videos as you seem to be very knowladgable about classical music and put alot of time into writing these! Thank you for your work and keep doing what you are doing!
Me as well! Thank you a lot for this first class description and careful choice of the interpretations! You introduced me to artists I haven't known and a lot of works shine to me in new light after reading your texts and analyses.
And you were absolutely correct about his contrapuntal ability being rarely acknowledged...Schumann had grown up playing Bach's music. It also had an effect on his pieces like humoreske and fantasy in c. He had played around with the laws of counterpoint magnificently.
Probably one of the best harmonists of all time, taking serious cues from both Bach and Beethoven. His counterpoint and progressions are out of this world and very distinctive even from his contemporaries like Chopin who was also a huge Bach fan.
Непревзойдённо! Чувствительно благодарен Вам. Контрапунктические особенности просто поражают свой стройностью и соразмерностью: сразу слышно ученика Баха!..
The depth of the underlying harmonies in the chords (as arpeggios) in the first section leaves one in awe. What follows is also full of R.S's characteristic peccadillos. I've always loved the Intermezzo 2. A clever rendition of this challenging opus by this pianist. Thank you for this.
Slatterbrekk became my favorite Schumann player. (You know, his 'carnival' too is just awesome.) thanks to you, I could get the courage to practice this mysteriously beautiful Kreisleriana. Thank you very much!!!
Slåttebrekk brings this piece to life- for me. I have never truly loved this piece, but I have found true love now. Thank you for sharing your videos as often as you do. I await them constantly!!!
Interesting tidbit that Schumann was a furiously quick composer. Some say his manic episodes fueled his creativity. Can definitely hear it even in the exposition.
I've pretty much only listened to Horowitz and Grimaud's interpretation of this piece so far, and when i first heard Slåttebrekk's playing i must admit I did not like it at all. But I'm tyring to make myself less sceptical and I forced myself to listen to it a couple of times, and what do you know... In only a day it has become my favourite interpretation of Kreisleriana. Thank you for posting this wonderful rendition and opening my eyes for new horizons.
same. 20 years of listening to argerich and I hated the slattebrekk version when this video was uplodaded. now it's my favorite and I listen to it constantly.
I'm sharing with you guys what I could hear from this AWESOME piece : All the things you are 28:29 Beethoven's fifth 31:58 (with a little bit of imagination. NB : he repeats the pattern a few seconds later) Some tasty jazz lick i'm definitely gonna steal 3:06 SIlent night 27:40 (especially with this specific harmonization)
Dear Ashish, thank you very much for your uploads. It is very detailed and informative. I love Schumann music. It is very visual and expressive. It creates movies in my head. Schumann needs more praise than is given, I think. Scriabin reminds me of Schumann. I also love Edvard Grieg.
I love the way you write about Schumann in your commentary on the various pieces you've posted. Your praise and analysis are insightful and as I lover of Schumann's music it makes me smile. I'm also very happy to see you highlight his contrapuntal expertise.
1й номер (d-moll) 0:00 - основной раздел 0:58 - 1й номер средний раздел (B-dur) 2й номер (B-dur) 2:43 - рефрен 05:19 - 1 интермеццо (1й эпизод) 07:53 - 2 интермеццо (2й эпизод) g-moll 3й номер (g-moll) 12:15 - основной раздел 12:46 - 3й номер средний раздел 4й номер (B-dur) 16:49 - основной раздел 18:55 - 4й номер средний раздел 5й номер (g-moll) 20:58 - ОСНОВНОЙ РАЗДЕЛ 22:05 - 5й номер СРЕДНИЙ РАЗДЕЛ 6й номер (B-dur) 23:54 - РЕФРЕН 24:40 - 6й номер 1й эпизод (g-moll) барочные инструментальные речитативы 26:34 - 2й эпизод 7й номер (c-moll) 28:13 - основной раздел 28:51 - средний раздел (фугато) 29:38 - кода 8й номер (g-moll) 30:25 - основной раздел 31:59 - средний раздел
listed only to 7-8, I am so inspired bye this first pianists performance. I I am deeply grateful for your work and contribution including your wonderful notes as well as inclusion of scores which adds so much to the value to us musicians, well any music reader. okay, thank you so much, I look forward to taking a listen/look to your own stuff.
This suite is, for me, the ultimate realization of the Eusebius/Florestan thread of Schumann's work. The dichotomy of contrasted sections is rendered through harmonic means that are themselves double: the frenzied sections pair fast moving, jagged figuration over slow moving harmonies or long pedal points; the slow rapturous chorales conceal complicated chromatic bass lines and meandering modulation. I'm not sure I've yet found the ideal recording that manages to tease out fully this conceptual brilliance while still providing the listener with the experience of the dazzling surfaces and profound heart of this music. It would seem to demand a musician who can execute a sort of emotional counterpoint, who can simultaneously express both Eusebius and Florestan in each section, through tone color, touch, balance, and voicing. Neither performance here achieves that goal. Endres comes closer to the conceptual essence, but his excellent counterpoint is too brainy, and his tempi too ponderous and weighty in general.
Schumann has an almost orchestral piano style. If you can handle Schumann piano style, you can play anything. Chopin's piano structures are so pianistic while Schumann's are so orchestral. If you can play Schumann's " Symphonic Etudes" or "Carnival," you can play anything. I am so lucky to have had a piano teacher who went to Schumann after a heavy dose of Bach. He was so right!!
It's funny you mention "orchestral" piano style, since I transcribed Kreisleriana for string quartet: musescore.com/user/15649351/scores/6406712 Out of all the early Romantic composers, his writing is the most polyphonic-like Bach for the 19th century.
In some parts (like at 1:02:19) it reminds a bit of Bill Evans' Autumn Leaves (well, actually, it would be Autumn Leaves that reminds Kreisleriana). There are strange links in music!
This concept of a seamless series of rather short pieces forming a high contrst between one another demands a top level sens of global equilibrium and a very acute musical sense to capture the literest of the leitener all aong the 30 minutes of that mosaic. This inspired several composers uup to contemporary music. For instance, the 'avant-garde US composer Elliott Carter explained that he had been influenced by the example of Kerisleriana when writing his long piano piece ' 'Night Fantasies' (1979-1980),
Hey Ashish! Thank you for your contributions with both the videos and the descriptions. I (and probably many other people here on UA-cam) can assure you that the time that you spend producing these videos has not gone in vain! Big fan here. I have just one question. Where have you gotten your experience in Classical music from?
@@yingsangkwok1633ohhh wow omg “it’s barely audible >> deep, super A++ #1 music!” Or “woweee, it’s hard to play means it’s super duper, Beethoven-best music everssss!!😮😮”.
@@user-pf5nb9tu6n nope it was chopin recieved a copy as it was dedicated to him but he only commented favourably on the title page design. Typical chopin.
Yes, I know! I have only discovered it recently, it's a secret message to Clara. Also I like to think it conveys Kreisler, a character from E.T.A Hoffmann's novels as Schumann greatly admired Hoffmann. He was quite comparable to Kreisler in terms of personality. And here, Schumann expresses his two alter egos Florestan and Eusebius. Double meanings!
@@imyfujita in Schumann's set of Lieder "Myrthen", there's a song titled "Rätsel" which translates to "Puzzle" and his Carnaval is based on two motifs which have been explicitly mentioned in the "movement" called "Sphinxes" which is almost never played. Clara instructed not to play it. So yeah maybe.
Hi fantastic channel but there is a little mistake with number 2. The correct translation of "innig" would mean, with the utmost expression or something like this. For example Beethoven wrotes in the 3. movement of the late e major sonata, "mit innigster Empfindung" so it means with the deepest expression. Inwardly would mean more something like introverted or turned inwards in german (nach innen gewandt)...
He thought his music was trash. As he did with most of his contemparies. He wasn't fond of Liszts music, but was very fond of his technique and virtuosity at the piano
Chopin only "commented favorably on the title page". That must've aged poorly because this has been considered one of the great piano masterpieces for awhile now.
@@calebhu6383 Liszt was perhaps the most open-minded of his time and could find something interesting even among the most peculiar composers. By the way nice playing of schumann's toccata!
An extraordinary piece... If you listen very carefully, you will find many other Schumann´s leitmotivs: from Papillons Op.2, Symphonic Etudes Op.13, Kinderszenen Op.15 (and not only "Der Dichter spricht"). I recommend this musical game ! Also with other composers. That´s how we can develop our mind and musical ears. Thank you Ashish Xiangyi Kumar for posting this versions. I invite you to watch my "Dichter spricht" version : ua-cam.com/video/TeyuWAeeXW4/v-deo.html
um you seem to know a lot more than me about different recordings and composers and I really enioy the interpretations on your channel so I was wondering if you could give me a list of a few composers and performers you think I should listen too! I want to be a composer and performer in the future so your channel helps alot (especially the descriptions of ur videos sometimes even with analysis 😶) Thanks alot!
Both two performance are excellent. I know it's a good habit, however, I can't help comparer them with that of Horowitz. Anyway, do you know the meaning of 'Kreisleriana'? @t "Music of Desire Kreisleriana" Here is the secret. It means 'Clara, sei rein!'. It is an anagram.
"Kreisleriana" are twelve short texts by E. T. A. Hoffmann, a german romantic author, which were first printed between 1810 and 1814 in the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung. Main character is the Kapellmeister Kreisler, a musician, who talks about music (Bach and Beethoven for ex.), sometimes satirically, and sometimes he is completely out of his mind. Schumann was very fond of Hoffmann’s texts and novels. (Offenbach’s opera Hoffmanns Erzählungen is based on stories by E.T.A Hoffman too.) I think, the anagram with Clara is not authentic.
These 2 interpretation reminds us to finally let go of our belief that the most famous pianists are the best. Listen to your Richters and Lupus and Schiffs etc., they all play like machines with no originality what so ever. If there's one composer who's music is based on non mechanical approach to rhythm it's definitely Schumann. I love especially the first performance here, very energetic, unpredictable and free. I fall asleep listening to Richter, Argerich, Lupu, Schiff etc.
Michael Endres performance is definitely more in line with what Schumann was all about...wearing his heart on his sleeve. I found the Slåttebrekk far too restrained and precise.
38:07 is one of the most subtle descending fifths progression ever. You can only faintly hear it in the inner voices and in the overtones.
I'm trying but I can't hear it at all
@@WilliamDurrant-ll8xy it’s hard with the tonic pedal so present. But the circle progression is hidden in there. Try singing Do-Fa-Ti-Mi-La-Re-So-Do (one pitch per measure) along with the recording.
To me is a truly magic piece of art. As it was devoted to Chopin, he devoted his second Ballade to Schumann. Forget all the gossip about who liked what. We cannot now ask Chopin nor Schumann. Form your own opinion. This here is fantastic.
Schumann was such a fantastic composer... If there's one composer that just keeps surpising you with every new work you listen, it's him.
Slåttebrekk's performance of No 1 is the kind of perfect Schumann interpretation you would normally only dream of.
3:56 such a sorrowful moment!Incredible image of longing and sadness. Such a wonderful performerce which reveals the high quality of Schumann’s counterpoint through beautifully shaped plans.
Interesting fact, at 17:43, the left hand plays (exact rhythm, note for note) the opening to the third movement of Beethoven's Appassionata - just a lot slower.
앞부분에 크게 보여주는거 너무 귀엽잖아ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㅇㅈ ㅋㅋㅋ
뭔소린가했는데 ㅣㄹㅇ이네
Amazing playing by Slåttebrekk. This is the way to play Schumann IMO.
I loved the first piece by him. But the rest is so much better by Endres. More expressive IMHO
I wonder if chopin disliked schumanns work because he found it rivaled his own, this piece is wonderful
I really can't wrap my head around this dislike... Chopin's best works and Schumann's are on the same level, that is, some of the finest music ever written...
I hered this piece for a week in a concert with the famous Sokolov. I can't forgot it. So beautiful...
Hey! Just here to say that i'm a huge fan of your videos! It's always a pleasure to read through the description of your videos as you seem to be very knowladgable about classical music and put alot of time into writing these! Thank you for your work and keep doing what you are doing!
Thanks. :)
Me as well! Thank you a lot for this first class description and careful choice of the interpretations! You introduced me to artists I haven't known and a lot of works shine to me in new light after reading your texts and analyses.
Ashish Xiangyi Kumar How much time does it usually take to put together your videos: gathering knowledge, recordings, scores, etc.
Oh yes!
❤️
this piece sure is kinda trippy in some places, and boy do i love it
a little note
0:58 (34:37)
3:55 (37:20)
7:52 (40:25)
18:54 (51:57)
22:05 !!!!!!! (WOW, love it) (55:16)
28:26 (1:02:15)
31:57 (1:05:53)
Yes, these are all of the emotional buildups and climaxes in the piece-you're missing 12:46 though.
Thank you for forcing me with the quality of you commentaries to take a Schumann vacation, short but very sweet.
jsjs
And you were absolutely correct about his contrapuntal ability being rarely acknowledged...Schumann had grown up playing Bach's music. It also had an effect on his pieces like humoreske and fantasy in c. He had played around with the laws of counterpoint magnificently.
Probably one of the best harmonists of all time, taking serious cues from both Bach and Beethoven. His counterpoint and progressions are out of this world and very distinctive even from his contemporaries like Chopin who was also a huge Bach fan.
なつ手に何はタナヌナヒナタナナタナナタナテニチヌカナナナタテニテナヌヌナナニニハタナカナハタハハヘナニヌハナナナニニタタナハナカカナナテナネカナヘニナヌネカハカタノニナナナハナナニネニニナな７日7に菜かに菜七にはナは値か盧奴ヌネネナナキヌタカナニナナニヌネネナニニナナナカナニナナヌナニヌテナカカニニヌニハナタヌナヒナノナタにぬ値のかにかに2課の菜のナにぬにかなたななかなぬななはぬねぬぬてのたのたねなににねきはににはぬはななかになにかなねにねのにてねこ
Непревзойдённо! Чувствительно благодарен Вам.
Контрапунктические особенности просто поражают свой стройностью и соразмерностью: сразу слышно ученика Баха!..
"The title page is nice" - Chopin
Unwarranted roast of this piece but hilarious
The depth of the underlying harmonies in the chords (as arpeggios) in the first section leaves one in awe. What follows is also full of R.S's characteristic peccadillos. I've always loved the Intermezzo 2. A clever rendition of this challenging opus by this pianist. Thank you for this.
Kumar describes intermezzo 2 as "blackly coiled" - odd but apt.
Slatterbrekk became my favorite Schumann player. (You know, his 'carnival' too is just awesome.) thanks to you, I could get the courage to practice this mysteriously beautiful Kreisleriana. Thank you very much!!!
Slåttebrekk brings this piece to life- for me. I have never truly loved this piece, but I have found true love now. Thank you for sharing your videos as often as you do. I await them constantly!!!
Very underrated pianist
Interesting tidbit that Schumann was a furiously quick composer. Some say his manic episodes fueled his creativity. Can definitely hear it even in the exposition.
Sensitive, intelligent, stylish and elegant.
... what more can one say.
Well said
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🇮🇷. 📢. ❤️🔥
Pero no teníamos comnicacion ,no sabemos por qué. 🇮🇷🌹
Janeiro. 😂
I've pretty much only listened to Horowitz and Grimaud's interpretation of this piece so far, and when i first heard Slåttebrekk's playing i must admit I did not like it at all. But I'm tyring to make myself less sceptical and I forced myself to listen to it a couple of times, and what do you know... In only a day it has become my favourite interpretation of Kreisleriana. Thank you for posting this wonderful rendition and opening my eyes for new horizons.
same. 20 years of listening to argerich and I hated the slattebrekk version when this video was uplodaded. now it's my favorite and I listen to it constantly.
I understand that as Horowitz is a paragon, what can be said else.
I'm sharing with you guys what I could hear from this AWESOME piece :
All the things you are 28:29
Beethoven's fifth 31:58 (with a little bit of imagination. NB : he repeats the pattern a few seconds later)
Some tasty jazz lick i'm definitely gonna steal 3:06
SIlent night 27:40 (especially with this specific harmonization)
Dear Ashish, thank you very much for your uploads. It is very detailed and informative. I love Schumann music. It is very visual and expressive. It creates movies in my head. Schumann needs more praise than is given, I think. Scriabin reminds me of Schumann. I also love Edvard Grieg.
Grieg once said to someone he just met: "You love Schumann? Then we can be friends!"
The selection of these two editions is so great! I haven't heard those idiosyncrasy passages from even a lot of great pianist. Thanks!
I love the way you write about Schumann in your commentary on the various pieces you've posted. Your praise and analysis are insightful and as I lover of Schumann's music it makes me smile. I'm also very happy to see you highlight his contrapuntal expertise.
Just when i thought i heard every possible performance of this majestic set of pieces, Ashish made me hear some more, extremely grateful for dis.
1й номер (d-moll)
0:00 - основной раздел
0:58 - 1й номер средний раздел (B-dur)
2й номер (B-dur)
2:43 - рефрен
05:19 - 1 интермеццо (1й эпизод)
07:53 - 2 интермеццо (2й эпизод) g-moll
3й номер (g-moll)
12:15 - основной раздел
12:46 - 3й номер средний раздел
4й номер (B-dur)
16:49 - основной раздел
18:55 - 4й номер средний раздел
5й номер (g-moll)
20:58 - ОСНОВНОЙ РАЗДЕЛ
22:05 - 5й номер СРЕДНИЙ РАЗДЕЛ
6й номер (B-dur)
23:54 - РЕФРЕН
24:40 - 6й номер 1й эпизод (g-moll) барочные инструментальные речитативы
26:34 - 2й эпизод
7й номер (c-moll)
28:13 - основной раздел
28:51 - средний раздел (фугато)
29:38 - кода
8й номер (g-moll)
30:25 - основной раздел
31:59 - средний раздел
listed only to 7-8, I am so inspired bye this first pianists performance. I I am deeply grateful for your work and contribution including your wonderful notes as well as inclusion of scores which adds so much to the value to us musicians, well any music reader.
okay, thank you so much, I look forward to taking a listen/look to your own stuff.
Muchas gracias por compartir 🇲🇽. 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵💌. 🙏
이 곡 1악장만 들으면 너무 좋아서 미쳐버릴 것 같다
That second intermezzo SHEESH
12:46 flight of thought to the clouds
No. 2 def my favorite movement. Such a nice piece
Underrated composer
frankly, yes.
I had been waiting for another video on kreisleriana....This one is perfect..bravo!!
This suite is, for me, the ultimate realization of the Eusebius/Florestan thread of Schumann's work. The dichotomy of contrasted sections is rendered through harmonic means that are themselves double: the frenzied sections pair fast moving, jagged figuration over slow moving harmonies or long pedal points; the slow rapturous chorales conceal complicated chromatic bass lines and meandering modulation. I'm not sure I've yet found the ideal recording that manages to tease out fully this conceptual brilliance while still providing the listener with the experience of the dazzling surfaces and profound heart of this music. It would seem to demand a musician who can execute a sort of emotional counterpoint, who can simultaneously express both Eusebius and Florestan in each section, through tone color, touch, balance, and voicing. Neither performance here achieves that goal. Endres comes closer to the conceptual essence, but his excellent counterpoint is too brainy, and his tempi too ponderous and weighty in general.
This and the Opus 12 Fantasiestucke
Have you heard Schiff's recording?
Endres Details...What a interpretation!
31:34, and especially 31:58
Thanks for introducing me to the wonderful Slåttebrekk.
I got scared 00:08
Insane Potato lol
Insane Potato ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
#SAME
Hahaha
Screamer
Bluffant: kreisleriana si incompréhensible Au déchiffrage . paraît Simple limpide et clair je vais le réécouter en lisant la partition Merci !
Schumann has an almost orchestral piano style. If you can handle Schumann piano style, you can play anything.
Chopin's piano structures are so pianistic while Schumann's are so orchestral.
If you can play Schumann's " Symphonic Etudes" or "Carnival," you can play anything.
I am so lucky to have had a piano teacher who went to Schumann after a heavy dose of Bach. He was so right!!
It's funny you mention "orchestral" piano style, since I transcribed Kreisleriana for string quartet: musescore.com/user/15649351/scores/6406712
Out of all the early Romantic composers, his writing is the most polyphonic-like Bach for the 19th century.
@@calebhu6383 Dude, that's awesome!!! 👏👏👏
@@calebhu6383 exactly so, friend Hu!!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The first section is complete madness
I’m sure you’ll find a way to fit it into a classical medley nonetheless!
madness? more like emotional and spiritual climbing to the top of the mountain.
i LOVED THIS PIECE
I love you Schumann
Every day I thank the gods that Schumann existed
2:10, 7:53, 16:14, 22:34, 28:51
In some parts (like at 1:02:19) it reminds a bit of Bill Evans' Autumn Leaves (well, actually, it would be Autumn Leaves that reminds Kreisleriana). There are strange links in music!
Correct, because it's a descending fifths progression in both works. You will find the same progression in Bach, Vivaldi, Scarlatti, etc.
7:52 chills
The ending of no.8 genuinely made me laugh out loud.
Eres la excelencia. ,,🎹🖐🏻 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶❤ 🥇 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻🇮🇷 Mejico.
This concept of a seamless series of rather short pieces forming a high contrst between one another demands a top level sens of global equilibrium and a very acute musical sense to capture the literest of the leitener all aong the 30 minutes of that mosaic. This inspired several composers uup to contemporary music. For instance, the 'avant-garde US composer Elliott Carter explained that he had been influenced by the example of Kerisleriana when writing his long piano piece ' 'Night Fantasies' (1979-1980),
@Mazzel Tov Thanks !
28:29 is the best moment in the history of music
Но это же просто золотая секвенция, которая встречается, неверное, у всех композиторов
Наверное поэтому и золотая)
Isn't this a falling 5th sequence?
You're spot on buddy! 😁 This harmonic sequence is saying something like: life is a tragedy but we keep pushing for those rare moments of bliss.
It's so wide, so bloody madness personified i LOVE it
Hey Ashish!
Thank you for your contributions with both the videos and the descriptions. I (and probably many other people here on UA-cam) can assure you that the time that you spend producing these videos has not gone in vain! Big fan here. I have just one question. Where have you gotten your experience in Classical music from?
Maravilloso. ❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🇮🇷
Very good my fellow classic enjoyers
너무좋다..
I love the grace notes
interesting how schumann can sound so romantic yet also at times so baroque
Thank you very much for this :-)
Such a shame that we cannot hear Clara playing it.
42:51 😅😮😊 43:31 43:34
eff Clara…the way she treated Liszt was unforgivable. Read Alan Walker’s
@@yingsangkwok1633ohhh wow omg “it’s barely audible >> deep, super A++ #1 music!” Or “woweee, it’s hard to play means it’s super duper, Beethoven-best music everssss!!😮😮”.
Emozionante!
Tidiness: Bach
Classiness: Vivaldi
Simplicity: Mozart
Insanity: Beethoven
Inspiring: Chopin
Passion: Rachmaninoff
Geniosity: Lizst
Mindblowing: Schumann
pls add more in the comment
I would say Schumann is insanity. Or at least this piece is all insanity. It's like a trip down a mental ward.
@@calebhu6383 Yes
I think this is really generalized and the comparisons gloss over a lot of important features of many composers.
@@therealrealludwigvanbeethoven Indeed.
shoo man
shoe man
Shoe bert
24:55-25:30 is really beautiful
Such a shame Chopin didn't even take a look at the piece.
Chopin was dead when this piece was revised
@@user-pf5nb9tu6n nope it was chopin recieved a copy as it was dedicated to him but he only commented favourably on the title page design. Typical chopin.
@@p-y8210 Chopin didn't like Liszt, Schumann, or Mendelssohn. His favorites were all older composers
Esta musica libera de cosas que persiguen.
if neobaroque music was a thing, this would be it
I thought the same thing
Kreisleriana is my favorite. Do you know the secret of the title?
Kreisleriana >>> Klara sei rein! >>> Clara be pure!
nonsense
Yes, I know! I have only discovered it recently, it's a secret message to Clara.
Also I like to think it conveys Kreisler, a character from E.T.A Hoffmann's novels as Schumann greatly admired Hoffmann. He was quite comparable to Kreisler in terms of personality. And here, Schumann expresses his two alter egos Florestan and Eusebius. Double meanings!
@@crystalhwang9568 I read Hoffmann's "Kreisleriana" which was interesting but could not convey love to Clara.
@@martinhnilo7961 When Clara was a small girl, she played anagrams with Robert.
@@imyfujita in Schumann's set of Lieder "Myrthen", there's a song titled "Rätsel" which translates to "Puzzle" and his Carnaval is based on two motifs which have been explicitly mentioned in the "movement" called "Sphinxes" which is almost never played. Clara instructed not to play it. So yeah maybe.
24:12 is Schumann quoting the Christmas carol "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht"?
Hi fantastic channel but there is a little mistake with number 2. The correct translation of "innig" would mean, with the utmost expression or something like this. For example Beethoven wrotes in the 3. movement of the late e major sonata, "mit innigster Empfindung" so it means with the deepest expression. Inwardly would mean more something like introverted or turned inwards in german (nach innen gewandt)...
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24:45 - 25:25 my favorite
00:08 sound like Schumann got angry 😤
wow, does Slattebrek play the fast ones (1, 3, 7) with blinding speed! I think it works, though. Reflects Schumann's manic energy.
This piece: exists
The sims 4: yeahhh!! I like this, let's have this in the game!!
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Although this magnificent work is dedicated to Chopin, Chopin never taught any of Schumann's music to his pupils or played it himself.
He thought his music was trash. As he did with most of his contemparies. He wasn't fond of Liszts music, but was very fond of his technique and virtuosity at the piano
Chopin only "commented favorably on the title page". That must've aged poorly because this has been considered one of the great piano masterpieces for awhile now.
I really can't understand how Chopin didn't like this astonishing work. Its a pity..
@@georgel2201 Many of Schumann's critics found his style incomprehensible. At least Liszt thought Schumann was a genius
@@calebhu6383 Liszt was perhaps the most open-minded of his time and could find something interesting even among the most peculiar composers. By the way nice playing of schumann's toccata!
An extraordinary piece... If you listen very carefully, you will find many other Schumann´s leitmotivs: from Papillons Op.2, Symphonic Etudes Op.13, Kinderszenen Op.15 (and not only "Der Dichter spricht"). I recommend this musical game ! Also with other composers. That´s how we can develop our mind and musical ears. Thank you
Ashish Xiangyi Kumar for posting this versions.
I invite you to watch my "Dichter spricht" version :
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one of my favorite games to play. it's especially rewarding in the case of Schumann...
It´s one of my favourites Schumann works too.
I wonder if that punk who described Schumann as banal has anything to say about this...
David King an immature punk, to say the least.
Dens Wolf who described Schumann as that?
i wish my clumsy novice hands could plays this :C
wow
24:42 Symphonic etudes
um you seem to know a lot more than me about different recordings and composers and I really enioy the interpretations on your channel so I was wondering if you could give me a list of a few composers and performers you think I should listen too! I want to be a composer and performer in the future so your channel helps alot (especially the descriptions of ur videos sometimes even with analysis 😶) Thanks alot!
I played Kreisleriana when was 22 y.o,also Fantasia Cdur by Schumann
Do you have any recordings?
Yes, I would like to see them.
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dear ashish, it's always a pleasure to read your comments, never more so here.
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Both two performance are excellent. I know it's a good habit, however, I can't help comparer them with that of Horowitz. Anyway, do you know the meaning of 'Kreisleriana'?
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"Music of Desire Kreisleriana" Here is the secret. It means 'Clara, sei rein!'. It is an anagram.
"Kreisleriana" are twelve short texts by E. T. A. Hoffmann, a german romantic author, which were first printed between 1810 and 1814 in the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung. Main character is the Kapellmeister Kreisler, a musician, who talks about music (Bach and Beethoven for ex.), sometimes satirically, and sometimes he is completely out of his mind. Schumann was very fond of Hoffmann’s texts and novels. (Offenbach’s opera Hoffmanns Erzählungen is based on stories by E.T.A Hoffman too.)
I think, the anagram with Clara is not authentic.
i mean... schumann loved anagrams, it might have occurred to him... but def after the fact i think
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These 2 interpretation reminds us to finally let go of our belief that the most famous pianists are the best. Listen to your Richters and Lupus and Schiffs etc., they all play like machines with no originality what so ever. If there's one composer who's music is based on non mechanical approach to rhythm it's definitely Schumann. I love especially the first performance here, very energetic, unpredictable and free.
I fall asleep listening to Richter, Argerich, Lupu, Schiff etc.
I think Schiff brings out some of the rhythmic subtleties of Kreisleriana like none other.
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Michael Endres performance is definitely more in line with what Schumann was all about...wearing his heart on his sleeve. I found the Slåttebrekk far too restrained and precise.
Yeah, I have goosebumps from Endres performance. Especially the least piece. You can hear all the voices intertwine together
Who plays? Slattebrekk or Jérome Granjon?!
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Could you please make a Playlist of your Beethoven Sonatas?
It's already up.
Just noticed. Thank you very much!