(Emanuel Gruber is) “… one of our great artists … (he has) an extraordinary capacity for projecting the deepest meaning of the music.” —Jerusalem Post
While Robert Schumann played the cello both as a child and as a young man, he wrote very little original music for the instrument: only his cello concerto and the Five Pieces in Folk-style, Op. 102 offered in this album. But cellists, eager to play his wonderful chamber compositions originally written for other instruments, have made successful and alluring transcriptions of them; six of those are offered on this album.
In this, Emanuel Gruber’s second album for Delos, we hear – in addition to the Op. 102 pieces above – cello versions of the Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73; Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70; Three Romances, Op. 94; Evening Song, Op. 85; and Dreaming, Op. 15. All of these marvelous works re ect Schumann’s wondrous lyricism and heartfelt passion; also his hallmark spontaneity and dizzying mood swings.
Joining Emanuel is the distinguished pianist Keiko Sekino: an ideal musical partner; together they achieve stirring and deeply emotional interpretations that will touch listeners hearts and draw them irresistibly into Schumann’s unique and ultra-romantic musical world.
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Track Listing:
Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
- Zart und mit Ausdruck
- Lebhaft, leicht
- Rasch und mit Feuer
- Adagio
- Allegro
- Nicht schnell
- Einfach, innig – etwas lebhafter
- Nicht schnell
- Nicht schnell
- Lebhaft
- Rasch
- Langsam, mit melancholishem Ausdruck
- “Vanitas vanitatum,” mit Humor
- Langsam
- Nicht schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen
- Nicht zu rasch
- Stark und markiert
- Abedlied, Op. 85
- Traümerei, Op. 15
Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
Drei Romanzen, Op. 94
Märchenbilder, Op. 113
Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102
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