Robert Schumann's dramatic life and transcendent music can be considered an archetype for the Romantic age in which he lived. Most of the works on this recording were written towards the end of his life, and Gesange der Fruhe (Songs of Dawn) was completed just months before Schumann's final breakdown and confinement to the asylum in Endenich, it's strange beauty infused with ideas of double identity. Schumann had his own daughters in mind for the utterly charming Klavier-Sonaten fur die Jugend (Piano Sonatas for the Young), while the earlier sonata movements have recently been transcribed and edited from the composer's incomplete or discarded sketches.

Tracklist:

Gesänge Der Frühe, Op. 133: No. 1. Im Ruhigen Tempo
Gesänge Der Frühe, Op. 133: No. 2. Belebt, Nicht Zu Rasch
Gesänge Der Frühe, Op. 133: No. 3. Lebhaft
Gesänge Der Frühe, Op. 133: No. 4. Bewegt
Gesänge Der Frühe, Op. 133: No. 5. Im Anfange Ruhiges, Im Verlauf Bewegteres Tempo
Piano Sonata In G Major, Op. 118 No. 1: I. Lebhaft
Piano Sonata In G Major, Op. 118 No. 1: II. Thema Mit Variationen
Piano Sonata In G Major, Op. 118 No. 1: III. Puppenwiegenlied
Piano Sonata In G Major, Op. 118 No. 1: IV. Rondoletto
Piano Sonata In D Major, Op. 118 No. 2: I. Lebhaft
Piano Sonata In D Major, Op. 118 No. 2: II. Canon
Piano Sonata In D Major, Op. 118 No. 2: III. Abendlied
Piano Sonata In D Major, Op. 118 No. 2: IV. Kindergesellschaft
Piano Sonata In C Major, Op. 118 No. 3: I. Im Marschtempo
Piano Sonata In C Major, Op. 118 No. 3: II. Ausdrucksvoll
Piano Sonata In C Major, Op. 118 No. 3: III. Zigeunertanz
Piano Sonata In C Major, Op. 118 No. 3: IV. Traum Eines Kindes
Piano Sonata No. 3 In F Minor, Op. 14: Piano Sonata No. 3 In F Minor, Op. 14: IV. Presto Possible (Original Version, Edited By P
Piano Sonata No. 4: Piano Sonata No. 4: IV. Agitato (Realised By K.A. Rasmussen)
Piano Sonata No. 4: I. Allegro Molto
Piano Sonata No. 4: IV. Agitato

UPC: 747313343676
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 1.8.16
Format: CD

Schumann / Lee - Schumann: Piano Sonatas for the Young (CD)