NEW • NOUVEAUTE • NEUHEIT Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896) Piano Transcriptions Jozef De Beenhouwer, piano SCENE 1 Hybrid-SACD MDG 903 2115-6 Family Album Josef De Beenhouwer offers Clara Schumann something to contribute to this meritorious and listening audiences a special gift on the program: the minuet from the Serenade in D occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of her major and the scherzo from the – almost birth: a CD including numerous recording unplayable – arrangement of the Serenade in A premieres from this famous pianist’s extensive major shed light on Clara’s intimate artistic transcription oeuvre. He not only honors her friendship with this younger composer. compositional talent but also spotlights works with which she very deliberately and intensively Intelligent Design occupied herself – and in the process very Two genuine finds round off this intelligently attractively nuances our picture of the musical designed program: an andante from the Three Schumann family. Diversions by William Sterndale Bennett, a composer completely unknown in Germany, and Impressive Demonstration the album page on “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott” The focus is formed by selected songs by Robert by Clara Wieck composed when she was just Schumann. Thirty transcriptions in all were nineteen years old make us eager for more – published during Clara’s lifetime, and eleven above all, when these works are so lovingly others were discovered and edited only a few presented as they are here by Josef De years ago. De Beenhouwer’s choices drawing on Beenhouwer on this Super Audio CD meticulously both sources impressively demonstrate how recorded in a natural room atmosphere. skillfully Clara integrated the voice part into Robert’s piano parts, which often are quite also available: complicated. Clara Schumann Artistic Friendship Complete Songs Clara also transferred Robert’s Studies and Miriam Alexandra, soprano Sketches for the Pedal Piano to the piano. The Peter Gijsbertsen, tenor pieces are for hands with an enormous span and Jozef De Beenhouwer, Piano flexibility – and attest to her outstanding pianistic MDG 903 2114-6 capabilities. Johannes Brahms of course also has DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM AUDIOVISION GMBH • BACHSTRASSE 35 • D-32756 DETMOLD TEL.: ++49-(0)5231-93890 • FAX.: ++49-(0)5231-26186 • www.mdg.de • [email protected] .