Pablo herascasado and the freiburg baroque orchestras urgent account of the orchestral accompaniment. Even today one often hears the opinion that schumanns orchestration is in general defective and needs to be improved on. Violin concertos by schumann and zimmermann digital. The complete work was premiered in dresden on 4 december 1845. New to youtube henryk szeryng schumann violin concerto. The cello concerto of robert schumann anssi karttunen. The tangled performance history of the violin concerto is. Jessica duchen, laura tunbridge and john macauslan discuss the rediscovery of schumanns violin concerto in the 1930s. Robert schumann, douglas boyd, bbc scottish symphony orchestra, anthony marwood schumann. Customers and visitors can download classical music in high quality flac or mp3 and find out more about classical music. Wonderful rendering of the schumann violin concer june 4, 2015 by j. First us performances given in december 1937, with yehudi menuhin, violin. The same fate fell later on the violin concerto, which is.
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. 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. Henryk szeryng was the soloist on that memorable occasion, and in an intermission interview he spoke passionately. Schumanns violin concerto in d minor had to wait till 1937 for its premiere and has. 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. Having performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world, bell. Not performed in public by its dedicatee or at all until 1937 see wikipedia. 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. Schumanns hidden masterpiece kenneth woods conductor. Robert schumanns only violin concerto is a problem child of the classical repertoire in several respects. Violin concerto in d minor, woo 23 schumann, robert imslp. Violin concerto frank peter zimmermann youtube schumann symphony no 2 in c major, op 61 bernstein duration. 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. Though joachim performed schumanns fantasie, he never performed the violin concerto.
Technical wise it is possibly as hard as the mendelssohn concerto, if. 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. It is the most neglected of his major concert works, and probably the least known such work by any major composer. Violin concerto d minor woo 23 robert schumann takt1. 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. 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.
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. 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. It was premiered on 23 april 1860, four years after his death, in oldenburg, with ludwig ebert as soloist. 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. Cello concerto heinrich schiff, bernard haitink, berlin philharmonic orchestra, gerhard oppitz on allmusic 1993. Shop and buy glazunov violin concerto in a minor, op. 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. The mysterious story of the discovery of schumanns only violin concerto. It is one of the most widely performed and recorded piano concertos from the romantic period. After playing it through with the hannover court orchestra of which. The orchestration includes, besides the usual instruments, an english horn, piccolo which both have noticeable utterances, tuba, harp and several tuned and. 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. Violin sheet music book by alexander glazunov 18651936. Behind a certain seriousness there is sometimes a more cheerful mood.
Balance is another issue, and good as schumanns orchestration is, the string writing in. At first i was put off by the diminutive orchestra and the almost painfully comical sound of its wobbling oboes. Decoding the schumann cello concerto by miranda, carmine. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Robert schumann violin concerto in d minor, woo 23 youtube.
Musicweb international founding editor rob barnett editor in chief. Today, theirs is a relationship which might raise eyebrows, or stir the gossips tongues. Even more interesting is the tempo of the concerto. 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. 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. Welcome to the new classical music guide online forums. This concerto was revived later on and has divided the attention of people for a long time. 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. This received idea is so common that many conductors have never even thought of trying the original orchestration. During that summer, she produced several works, among them the three romances for violin and piano, op. Build your own personal library of orchestral repertoire at.
In the concerto, when schumann recapitulates this theme, it is a third lower and in the minor mode, lending it greater poignancy. I was wondering if you have heard the schumanns violin concerto and if you like it. I have noticed a disk which includes schumanns cello concerto played on violin, paired with his vc. 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. Featuring bell performing with pianist sam haywood in full 360degrees vr, the software is available on sony playstation 4 vr. 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. I only have the schumann violin concerto on this cd, so i cant comment on the mendelssohn which is much more well known. This first volume in a trilogy comprising the complete concertos and piano trios of schumann brings together two late and unjustly neglected works. 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. Woo 24, late songs, and the violin concerto are among those late works often rejected by the musical world. That applies first of all to the content of the work itself. Robert schumann violin concerto in d minor, woo 23. Many critics have questioned schumanns skills as an orchestrator indeed, dmitri shostakovich reorchestrated the cello concerto in 1963, but comparing the. I first became acquainted with schumanns tragically underrated violin concerto while listening to a symphony concert on the radio many years ago.
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. New philharmonia orchestra, royal philharmonic orchestra, jascha horenstein. 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. Nowadays, advocates such as thomas zehetmair give the troubled and soulful piece the love it deserves. The finale is a polonaise with a vivacious opening that drives. For the violin concerto, isabelle faust is joined by the freiburg baroque orchestra and conductor. 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. Jane jones introduces the concerto that was saved for posterity by a virtuoso wife. Danish national symphony orchestra john storgards, director. 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. Schumann learned orchestration by studying haydn and mozart, and especially beethoven, schubert, and mendelssohn.
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. If you have become impatient with schumann readings that loll and meander then this is for you. Ghost variations feature the story of schumanns lost. Romantic violin concerto d minor a minor phantasie anthony marwood. 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. 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. 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. Im still not comfortable with the latter, but i find the. Violin concerto in d minor, woo 23 schumann, robert. 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. The violin concerto has had something of a mixed past.