David Wilde plays Schumann

ID: DCD34050 (EAN: 801918340505)  | 2 CD | DDD - 24 b
Publi: 2009

LABEL:

DELPHIAN RECORDS

Collection:

Instrumental

Subcollection:

Piano

Compositeurs:

SCHUMANN, Robert

Interprètes:

WILDE, David (1) (piano)

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The original first-movement manuscript of Schumann's Fantasie in C has a number of differences from the editions commonly used today - significant tempo and textual changes which David Wilde has reinstated in a revelatory reading of this tumultuous love-poem to the young Clara. In contrast, Kinderszenen, a touching and vernal evocation of childhood, is given a performance of artless innocence that chimes with Wilde's conviction that ‘it shouldn't sound mature'. Carnaval's colourful cast of characters is viscerally and imaginatively brought to life, culminating in Wilde's fearsome ‘March against the Philistines'.

A veteran of the Romantic piano tradition, David Wilde brings six decades of intense experience to this recital. His playing harks back to a time when audiences expected much more from the performer. This is Schumann with personality - listeners searching for a ‘safe' experience will be disappointed.


Track listing

Disc One
1-3 Fantasie in C, Op 17
Track 1
Track 3

Disc Two
1-13 Kinderszenen, Op 15
Track 7
14-33 Carnaval, Op 9
Track 33

Total playing time (2 CDs) [89:18]

‘‘one of the most intense and involving performances of Liszt’s Sonata in B minor that I’ve heard … one of the most revelatory CDs of 2007’
- International Record Review

‘… the most impressive aspect of this disc is the beautiful sound Wilde coaxes from his superbly voiced Steinway … pliant treble and richly resonant bass’
- Gramophone [on Wilde plays Brahms]