Several attempts have been made over the last sixty years or so to record all Robert Schumann's works for solo piano, a fascinating cosmos full of variety that ranges from extremely virtuosic pieces for the concert hall to valuable literature for piano tuition. This attractive but difficult quest has unfortunately been marked by a lack of the necessary care, not to mention purely artistic deficiencies, so that none of the releases deserves the name "complete recording". Since Schumann published several works in two more or less different versions, it is not legitimate in a "complete recording" to include only one of the versions, let alone to amalgamate two of them. Moreover, works published at remote places as well as unpublished works and fragments that could easily be completed without too much speculation, have so far been taken into account only in exceptional cases. Florian Uhlig's 15-album set is the first genuine complete recording of Robert Schumann's works for solo piano. On albums sensibly concentrating on different themes, the pianist for the first time attempts to present all the original piano works between 1830 (Abegg Variations op. 1) and 1854 (Theme and Variations in E flat Major), using the latest critical editions and/or first editions. Several of those releases include first recordings. The introductory notes written by Joachim Draheim, who has discovered and/or edited a number of the works, throw light on the biographical and historical backgrounds of the respective groups of works.

Tracklist:

Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 1, Lebhaft
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 2, Innig
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 3, Mit Humor
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 4, Ungeduldig
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 5, Einfach
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 6, Sehr Rasch
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 7, Nicht Schnell
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 8, Frisch
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 9, Lebhaft
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 10, Balladenmäßig. Sehr Rasch
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 11, Einfach
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 12, Mit Humor
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 13, Wild Und Lustig
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 14, Zart Und Singend
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 15, Frisch
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 16, Mit Gutem Humor
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 17, Wie Aus Der Ferne
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (2nd Version): No. 18, Nicht Schnell
Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (2nd Version): I. Äußerst Bewegt
Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (2nd Version): II. Sehr Innig Und Nicht Zu Rasch
Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (2nd Version): III. Sehr Aufgeregt
Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (2nd Version): IV. Sehr Langsam
Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (2nd Version): V. Sehr Lebhaft
Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (2nd Version): VI. Sehr Langsam
Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (2nd Version): VII. Sehr Rasch
Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (2nd Version): VIII. Schnell Und Spielend

UPC: 881488170382
Label: Profil - G Haenssler
Release Date: 11.16.18
Format: CD

Schumann / Uhlig - Florian Uhlig 12 (CD)