Robert schumanns only violin concerto is a problem child of the classical repertoire in several respects. This concerto was revived later on and has divided the attention of people for a long time. Includes complete, printable flute, piccolo and alto flute parts for each work in this volume. Robert schumann, douglas boyd, bbc scottish symphony orchestra, anthony marwood schumann. I was wondering if you have heard the schumanns violin concerto and if you like it. As with the phantasie, schumann sent the score of the violin concerto in d minor, woo23 composed between 27 september and 3 october 1853 to joachim for advice, but this time the violinist was less enthusiastic. Both the fantasy for violin and orchestra and the violin concerto are late schumann, and are regularly cited as examples of how rapidly schumanns creative.
The expression of grief is unmistakable, in the slow movement, for example, whose theme schumann would take up again in his very last composition, the ghost variations for piano. Schumanns 1854 woo 24 geistervariations are more or less based on the main theme of the langsam movement of this concerto, transposed down a fifth to eflat. Many critics have questioned schumanns skills as an orchestrator indeed, dmitri shostakovich reorchestrated the cello concerto in 1963, but comparing the. Schumanns hidden masterpiece kenneth woods conductor. A violin concerto back from beyond the grave after composer robert schumann died, his violin concerto languished in a library until a grandniece of the man he wrote it. Robert schumann violin concerto in d minor, woo 23.
For the violin concerto, isabelle faust is joined by the freiburg baroque orchestra and conductor. The instigators of the project, isabelle faust, alexandre melnikov and jeanguihen queyras, champion their cause with a force of conviction and a choice of instruments that restore the delicate. Featuring bell performing with pianist sam haywood in full 360degrees vr, the software is available on sony playstation 4 vr. I only have the schumann violin concerto on this cd, so i cant comment on the mendelssohn which is much more well known. Wonderful rendering of the schumann violin concer june 4, 2015 by j. That applies first of all to the content of the work itself.
Violin concerto in d minor, woo 23 schumann, robert imslp. Danish national symphony orchestra john storgards, director. Welcome to the new classical music guide online forums. Not performed in public by its dedicatee or at all until 1937 see wikipedia. Woo 24, late songs, and the violin concerto are among those late works often rejected by the musical world. Schumann learned orchestration by studying haydn and mozart, and especially beethoven, schubert, and mendelssohn. The cello concerto, in spite of its swift composition the orchestration was done between october 18 and 24 of 1850, contains numerous fanciful and highly original touches of orchestral color. Ghost variations feature the story of schumanns lost. Jessica duchen, laura tunbridge and john macauslan discuss the rediscovery of schumanns violin concerto in the 1930s.
During that summer, she produced several works, among them the three romances for violin and piano, op. Violin concerto, an album by robert schumann, yehudi menuhin on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Marwoods great technique and thoughtful musicianship have made him increasingly an artist to notice, and he performs frequently in australia and america as well as throughout europe.
If you have become impatient with schumann readings that loll and meander then this is for you. I have noticed a disk which includes schumanns cello concerto played on violin, paired with his vc. Even more interesting is the tempo of the concerto. The tangled performance history of the violin concerto is. Nowadays, advocates such as thomas zehetmair give the troubled and soulful piece the love it deserves. Violin concerto in d minor robert schumann concerts. One of the most talked about partnerships in classical music must be that between robert schumann and clara wieck, the daughter of the piano teacher who mentored the young schumann whilst he was staying with the family. It was composed in 1853 but deemed so weird at the time that it wasnt performed until 1937, when it was hijacked for nazi propaganda. This first volume in a trilogy comprising the complete concertos and piano trios of schumann brings together two late and unjustly neglected works. This received idea is so common that many conductors have never even thought of trying the original orchestration. It is the most neglected of his major concert works, and probably the least known such work by any major composer. Schumann immediately complied, composing not one work but two, a fantasy in c major for violin and orchestra, and the violin concerto in d minor. Robert schumann s violin concerto in d minor, woo 23 was his only violin concerto and one of his last significant compositions, and one that remained unknown to all but a very small circle for more than 80 years after it was written. Romantic violin concerto d minor a minor phantasie anthony marwood.
The finale is a polonaise with a vivacious opening that drives. Shop and buy glazunov violin concerto in a minor, op. The violin concerto in a minor was arranged by schumann from his cello concerto of the same opus number and is an important work in its own right. Violin sheet music book by alexander glazunov 18651936. The orchestration includes, besides the usual instruments, an english horn, piccolo which both have noticeable utterances, tuba, harp and several tuned and. Violin concerto frank peter zimmermann youtube schumann symphony no 2 in c major, op 61 bernstein duration. The violin concerto has had something of a mixed past.
But, i can say that the schumann is one of my favorite pieces in the violin repertoire and that i found capucons playing to be excellent. Robert schumann violin concerto in d minor, woo 23 youtube. Violin concerto d minor woo 23 robert schumann takt1. I have to admit, compared the other concertos by schumann, the orchestration is not well written and the piece itself is quite repetitive than usual schumann. The fruit of schumanns late period when he was suffering with his final illness and plagued with depression and delusions, it was completed in october 1853, just a few months before his suicide attempt the following february. First us performances given in december 1937, with yehudi menuhin, violin. Jane jones introduces the concerto that was saved for posterity by a virtuoso wife. There is a great discussion about schumanns mental state when he composed it and whether this can be seen listened in his concerto or not. I first became acquainted with schumanns tragically underrated violin concerto while listening to a symphony concert on the radio many years ago. The schumann piano concerto and the cello concerto are uplifting and relaxing 3 add to basket add to my list schumann, r piano concerto in a minor introduction and allegro appassionato. At first i was put off by the diminutive orchestra and the almost painfully comical sound of its wobbling oboes. Im still not comfortable with the latter, but i find the. Henryk szeryng was the soloist on that memorable occasion, and in an intermission interview he spoke passionately. Build your own personal library of orchestral repertoire at.
After playing it through with the hannover court orchestra of which. Cello concerto heinrich schiff, bernard haitink, berlin philharmonic orchestra, gerhard oppitz on allmusic 1993. Having performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world, bell. In the concerto, when schumann recapitulates this theme, it is a third lower and in the minor mode, lending it greater poignancy.
Violin concerto in d minor, woo 23 schumann, robert. Decoding the schumann cello concerto by miranda, carmine. Today, theirs is a relationship which might raise eyebrows, or stir the gossips tongues. Musicweb international founding editor rob barnett editor in chief. Nicholas maws violin concerto, for which bell received a grammy award.
New philharmonia orchestra, royal philharmonic orchestra, jascha horenstein. Schumanns violin concerto in d minor had to wait till 1937 for its premiere and has. Schumann had talked for years about a violin concerto with his friend ferdinand david, but when he wrote it in autumn of 1853 it was on the proposal of joseph joachim to whom the work is also dedicated. Balance is another issue, and good as schumanns orchestration is, the string writing in. Robert schumann 18101856 complete works for violin and orchestra concerto in a minor for violin and orchestra version by the composer of the cello concerto op. Beethoven concerto for violin and orchestra hilary hahn, violin. Behind a certain seriousness there is sometimes a more cheerful mood. Customers and visitors can download classical music in high quality flac or mp3 and find out more about classical music. Robert schumanns violin concerto in d minor, woo 23 was his only violin concerto and one of his last significant compositions, and one that remained unknown to all but a very small circle for. It is one of the most widely performed and recorded piano concertos from the romantic period.
The mysterious story of the discovery of schumanns only violin concerto. The cello concerto of robert schumann anssi karttunen. The complete work was premiered in dresden on 4 december 1845. Technical wise it is possibly as hard as the mendelssohn concerto, if. Though joachim performed schumanns fantasie, he never performed the violin concerto. Many years ago, when i first attempted a complete schumann cycle with an orchestra, i knew the violin concerto would have to be part of it. Both were written in an extremely short time during what proved to be the last productive year of schumanns life, before his attempted suicide and subsequent confinement to the endenich asylum early.
New to youtube henryk szeryng schumann violin concerto. Violin concertos by schumann and zimmermann digital. It was premiered on 23 april 1860, four years after his death, in oldenburg, with ludwig ebert as soloist. Pablo herascasado and the freiburg baroque orchestras urgent account of the orchestral accompaniment. Schumann tells her of a lost violin concerto, buried by his friend joachim who thought it a disturbing window into the composers deteriorating mental state. The same fate fell later on the violin concerto, which is. While he praised the melody of the slow movement, for the most part he found the solo part unidiomatic schumanns extensive use of arpeggiated figures perhaps reflected his recent. New to youtube henryk szeryng schumann violin concerto, 1964 audio 1964 recording of henryk szeryng performing schumanns violin concerto in d minor with conductor antal dorati and the london symphony orchestra. Schumanns violin fantasy was composed at the same time as his concerto for the same instrument, and after its premiere with joseph joachim it enjoyed a certain degree of popularity before disappearing almost entirely from the classical repertoire. Even today one often hears the opinion that schumanns orchestration is in general defective and needs to be improved on.