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Post by YetAnotherKlavierist on Aug 17, 2006 14:07:28 GMT
I've recently discovered the Schumann A-minor piano concerto; and, due to being unable to contain my excitement, felt I had to start a thread about it . How well known is the concerto? Have I just been too musically ignorant to have noticed it sooner?
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Post by princessmoose on Aug 17, 2006 14:12:10 GMT
I didn't even know he'd written one... is it nice?
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Aug 17, 2006 18:44:07 GMT
It is absolutely stunning. Mind, it is the one I played to win the concerto prize at RNCM, so I would think that. ;D Got the score, YAP? Most of it is playable and easily readable. Steve
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Post by YetAnotherKlavierist on Aug 17, 2006 20:01:13 GMT
I haven't got the score yet, I was thinking of treating myself post-LRSM - get a decent edition and the music-minus-one backing track and having a bit of fun . One day I was hoping to be able to play the Schumann Fantasie, so maybe the piano concerto would be a good start.
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Post by princessmoose on Aug 17, 2006 21:12:27 GMT
I've just listened to it, it's really nice. Not as good as Mozart, but not bad .
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Post by Deborah on Aug 18, 2006 9:35:17 GMT
It's quite often coupled with the Grieg concerto on CD, so if you feel like a CD of Piano Concerti in A minor...
For reasons I'm unable to fathom, it was one of the handful of classical LPs that my parents had, so I grew up with it. I'm not a great Schumann fan, but the piano concerto is enough to convince me that he shouldn't just be airbrushed out of musical history.
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Post by chocolatedog on Aug 18, 2006 13:03:32 GMT
It's a great concerto - not as good as the 2 Brahms concerti but still great nevertheless.......
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Post by YetAnotherKlavierist on Aug 18, 2006 13:24:51 GMT
Ahh, do I detect a spot of bias towards the Brahms concerti there? Deborah - yes, I've noticed that. I was tempted by the Leif Ove Andsnes recording, but I already have a recording of him playing the Grieg .
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Post by jod on Aug 18, 2006 15:01:47 GMT
I love the Schumann, really lyrical and understated. OK so it's not Brahms, but it still is a beautiful concerto.
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Post by meepmeep on Aug 18, 2006 15:02:32 GMT
Have a look on itunes, you might be able to just get the Schumann
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Post by chocolatedog on Aug 18, 2006 16:10:03 GMT
Ahh, do I detect a spot of bias towards the Brahms concerti there? Deborah - yes, I've noticed that. I was tempted by the Leif Ove Andsnes recording, but I already have a recording of him playing the Grieg . Me? Biased? How can you think that? !!!!
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Post by mrbouffant on Aug 18, 2006 22:30:15 GMT
It's Op. 54 Buy the newish Helene Grimaud recording on DG I studied it at A level and loved it immensely, although I could only play movements 1 + 2, the third was (and still is) too fast for my little fingers The first movement was originally cast as a Fantasia, I think and the second and third movements were only added later for his shag-bunny Clara to prostitute around the concert halls of Europe. I still remember the analysis notes we learned for A level... Dear old Annie O. Warburton, waffling about the third movement remarked on the "gay peroration" near the final coda. Bless her. It's been a while since i've experienced one of those in the flesh.
LOL
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Aug 18, 2006 23:58:21 GMT
I still remember the analysis notes we learned for A level... Dear old Annie O. Warburton, waffling about the third movement remarked on the "gay peroration" near the final coda. Bless her. LOL Annie O was the piano teacher I had before going to music college. She taught at Manchester High School for Girls for a million years - all her books were written with those kids in mind. She moved down to Somerset when her husband, Robert, got a job as an educational Big Cheese - that is how I came to study with her. Wonderful lady, Annie O. Fantstic musician. Brilliant teacher. When stuck on some minor point, I still consult her Little Green Book - Score Reading, Form and History. Never used one word where nine would do mind. Annie O could waffle for England ;D ;D
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Post by schubertiad on Aug 19, 2006 1:04:25 GMT
I think its a very underrated concerto. Of the 70-odd concertos that Richter knew, he said the Schumann was his favourite. If it's good enough for him...
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Post by chocolatedog on Aug 19, 2006 11:41:28 GMT
I still remember the analysis notes we learned for A level... Dear old Annie O. Warburton, waffling about the third movement remarked on the "gay peroration" near the final coda. Bless her. LOL Annie O was the piano teacher I had before going to music college. She taught at Manchester High School for Girls for a million years - all her books were written with those kids in mind. She moved down to Somerset when her husband, Robert, got a job as an educational Big Cheese - that is how I came to study with her. Wonderful lady, Annie O. Fantstic musician. Brilliant teacher. When stuck on some minor point, I still consult her Little Green Book - Music History, Form and Analysis (I am sure the title is wrong, so I will edit this in the morning when I am sober) Never used one word where nine would do mind. Annie O could waffle for England ;D ;D Oh yes - Annie O Warburton - we used her books for harmony at school!! I once got hit over the head with an Annie O Warburton book........ I guess the books aren't in print anymore?
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