Schubert: Wanderer-Fantasie; Schumann / Clifford Curzon
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Composer: Franz SchubertComposer: Robert Schumann
Performer: Clifford Curzon
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-04-11
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
- Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17: I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
- Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17: II. Massig. Durchaus energisch
- Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17: III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten
- Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Von fremden Landern und Menschen
- Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Kuriose Geschichte
- Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Hasche-Mann
- Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Bittendes Kind
- Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Gluckes genug
- Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Wichtige Begebenheit
- Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Traumerei
- Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Am Kamin
- Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Ritter vom Steckenpferd
- Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Fast zu ernst
- Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Furchtenmachen
- Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Kind im Einschlummern
- Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Der Dichter spricht
- Wanderer-Fantasie, D760: Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo
- Wanderer-Fantasie, D760: Adagio
- Wanderer-Fantasie, D760: Presto
- Wanderer-Fantasie, D760: Allegro
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Free Music Review: First rate.
Hit: 5 Stars
This CD has two technically demanding and overtly "public" pieces - Schumann's C major Fantasie and the Schubert Wanderer-Fantasie - sandwiching the intimate and contemplatively personal Kinderszenen; all wonderful pieces wonderfully played by Clifford Curzon in 1949 and 1954.
Any perceived shortcomings of the monaural recording quality quickly evaporate before Curzon's spellbinding interpretations. It is not surprising that Decca chose to include these recitals in its "Legendary Performances" series for they are indeed legendary. What is surprising is that there is no biographical material supplied in respect of "The Legend" - a strange omission. One should not have to refer to other sources for the most basic information on the performing artist.
Clifford Curzon was, perhaps, the best British pianist of his generation - I say "perhaps" as Solomon has a legitimate claim to this title - and had a particular empathy with the music of both Schumann and Schubert. That empathy is very evident in these recordings which, despite their venerability and competition from later offerings, remain my favourite.
This CD has my five-star commendation.
Schubert: Wanderer-Fantasie; Schumann / Clifford Curzon Poster
Curzon's performance of Schumann's Fantasy in C, initially released in 1954, remains among the greatest ever recorded. Instead of the stormy theatricality usually heard, the composer's direction that the first movement "be performed very imaginatively and passionately" makes the British pianist respond with a sense of chivalric ardor, no less passionate for all its nobility. Sonorousness is combined with tenderness; attention to detail with grandeur of proportion; and dramatic urgency with meditative lyricism. The majestic second movement march unfolds with unobtrusive power and unflagging rhythm. The Elysian final movement can sound repetitious in less-than-loving hands. But Curzon uses his command of shading, variety of touch, and knowledge of bel canto phrasing to create a sense of rapturous intoxication. He was as happy in miniatures as in large structures. Curzon's magical performance of the same composer's "Kinderszenen" suggests--in its delicacy of color, its exquisite textures, and its heartfelt (and difficult to achieve) simplicity of expression--the best Mozart. His distinguished reading of Schubert's "Wanderer" Fantasy is heard here in a better-sounding transfer than on the volume dedicated to him in Philips's "Great Pianists" series. --Stephen WiglerClassical Music CDs
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