Schumann: Fantasiestücke & Humoreske

Demus, Jörg

MDG 604 0150-2

REEDYCJA • Jörg Demus died a few weeks ago at the age of ninety. MDG commemorates this great pianist with a new release of the Fantasiestücke op. 12 and Humoreske op. 20 by Robert Schumann, to whose music Demus felt drawn throughout his life. Performed on a Viennese pianoforte by Conrad Graf and recorded with the finest digital technology even more than thirty years ago, this program documents his tireless advocacy of historical keyboard instruments. • Conrad Graf himself had given Clara and Robert Schumann a comparable instrument as a wedding present. Its special appeal comes from the “moderator,” a lever creating an elfin pianissimo, and the “harp stop,” which, as on the harpsichord, generates a pizzicato effect. Along with the ”pearly” articulation typical of the pianoforte, these effects are a perfect match for Schumann’s romantic pieces.

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

MDG

03-06-2019

760623015026