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DAVIDSBÜNDLERTÄNZE, OP. 6 BY ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856) inter-relation and rhythmic life as well as by the complete absence of any kind of schematic developments, The daringly original early piano works of Robert Schumann were greatly influenced by his relationship the influences of Bach, jazz and the legacy of Western music culture are transcended into a singular with Clara Wieck. On September 5, 1839 Schumann wrote to his former teacher Heinrich Dorn: personal style of unpredictable organic unity in a living harmonic universe beyond gravity. Disegno 2 for “Certainly some of my music contains some of the struggles Clara has cost me, and it certainly can be piano was written in 1973 and in its relatively sparse texture and free use of motivically related fields of understood by you as such. She was practically my sole motivation for writing the Concerto, the Sonata, the tension provides us with a well accessible insight into his unique musical reality even on a first hearing. Davidsbündlertänze, the Kreisleriana, and the Novellettes.” Into these works Schumann poured his passionate love, anxieties, longings, visions, dreams, and fantasies. For Schumann, the intimate character SONATA NO.2 IN B-FLAT MINOR, OP. 35 BY FREDERIC CHOPIN (1810-1849) piece provided fertile creative ground for his experimental ideas and emotions. The composer noted that Chopin composed his Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35 (“Funeral March”) mainly in 1839 at no work gave him greater pleasure in the act of creation than the Davidsbündlertänze (“Dances of the Nohant, near Chateauroux in France, although the funeral march third movement had been composed as League of David”) of 1837. In many ways this score is his most personal work, a self-portrait of his mood early as 1837. The sonata consists of four movements: “I. Grave; Doppio movimento II. Scherzo III. Marche swings and split personality. In 1838 Schumann told Clara that the Dances contained “many wedding funèbre: Lento IV. Finale: Presto,” The first movement features a stormy opening theme and a gently thoughts,” going on to state that “the story is an entire Polterabend (German wedding eve party, during lyrical second theme. The second contains a calmer, more relaxed melodic theme. The third movement which old crockery is smashed to bring good luck).” The score’s title refers to Schumann’s fictitious League begins and ends with the celebrated funeral march in B-flat minor which gives the sonata its nickname, but of David, a brotherhood of artists that did battle with the Philistines of contemporary music and art. has a calm interlude in D-flat major. The finale gives us a whirlwind of unison notes with unremitting, In addition to the composer, his beloved Clara and other creative artists, the League of David included unvarying tempo and dynamics: not a single rest or chord until the final bars, and no variation in volume. two of Schumann’s imaginary alter egos: Florestan and Eusebius. The title page of the manuscript James Huneker, in his introduction to the American version of Mikuli edition of the Sonatas, quotes states that the Dances were dedicated to Walther von Goethe (the poet’s grandson) by “Florestan and Chopin as saying, “The left hand unison with the right hand are gossiping after the March.” Others have Eusebius.” Eusebius embodied the composer’s sensitive, softly lyrical side, while Florestan represented his remarked that the fourth movement is “wind howling around the gravestones.” intense, rhythmically complex persona. In the score’s first edition, Schumann credits the composition of nos. 2, 5, 7, and 14 to Eusebius, while he indicates that Florestan wrote nos. 3, 4, 6, 10, and 12. He would - Gill Reavill later excise these fantasy designations.

The music ranges widely in its emotional extremes. Many of Schumann’s contemporaries considered the work’s sudden changes of mood and unconventional approach to tonality and rhythm so original that it All tracks recorded July 27, 2015 at Peter Karl Executive Producer Bob Lord verged on madness. Late in his life and career, the master choreographer George Balanchine created Studios in NYC Audio Director Jeff LeRoy a dark, brooding ballet to Davidsbündlertänze. The music’s dance rhythms are subtle, comprising an Mastering Engineer Nate Hunter intimate concert ballet. This score is one of Schumann’s most personal, intense creations. The music is Art & Production Director Brett Picknell Engineer Peter Karl marked by romantic ardor and creative generosity of spirit from first bar to last. Graphic Designer Emily Roulo Producer Neil Rynston A&R Alex Bourne Marketing Manager Ethan Fortin DISEGNO 2 FOR PIANO BY ANDERS ELIASSON (1947-2013) Place this product in your computer to access study Anders Eliasson (1947-2013) was one of the great composers of our time. Born in the Swedish province, he [email protected] scores, extended liner notes, and more started as a jazz trumpeter and became leader of his own band when he was 12 years old. Then he studied www.navonarecords.com 223 Lafayette Road the music of Johann Sebastian Bach for many years. As a student with Ingvar Lidholm he experienced North Hampton NH 03862 www.navonarecords.com/enhancedcontenturl the whole range of modern composition, only to find his own way after many years of desperate search. In his unique style which is characterized by constant seemingly self-organized mobility of harmony, motivic Navona Records is a PARMA Recordings company

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