This release is a new recording featuring the brilliant interpretation of Robert Schuman, the main voice of Romanticism, by the pianist Takahiro Yoshikawa. Yoshikawa has already released two albums on the Ypsilon label dedicated to Beethoven and Debussy, both of which received widespread acclaim. The present album scales three peaks of Schuman's piano literature. FantasiestÃ¼cke Op. 12 (Fantasy Pieces), is a set of eight pieces for piano written in 1837 and presented by some critics as "Tales of The Night". They describe, indeed, intimate and disturbing scenes of nightlife where the moonbeams dimmed by the clouds create dreams and nightmares. Kinderszenen Op. 15 (Scenes from Childohood) is a set of thirteen quiet short pieces written in 1838. Waldszene Op. 82 (Forest Scenes) is nine pieces written between 1848 and 1849 characterized by a more profound introspection. With his particular lyricism, Takahiro Yosikawa conjures here an entirely different sound-world moving between a sharp sense of period style and an extraordinary technique giving all the charm and poetry the German composer intended. In all, this album is a tremendous achievement, and is highly enjoyable and desirable.

Tracklist:

Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 1, Des Abends
Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 2, Aufschwung
Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 3, Warum?
Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 4, Grillen
Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 5, In Der Nacht
Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 6, Fabel
Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 7, Traumes Wirren
Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 8, Ende Vom Lied
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 1, Von Fremden Ländern Und Menschen
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 2, Curiose Geschichte
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 3, Hasche-Mann
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 4, Bittendes Kind
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 5, Glückes Genug
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 6, Wichtige Begebenheit
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7, Träumerei
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 8, Am Kamin
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 9, Ritter Vom Steckenpferd
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 10, Fast Zu Ernst
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 11, Fürchtenmachen
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 12, Kind Im Einschlummern
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 13, Der Dichter Spricht
Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 1, Eintritt
Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 2, Jäger Auf Der Lauer
Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 3, Einsame Blumen
Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 4, Verrufene Stelle
Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 5, Freundliche Landschaft
Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 6, Herberge
Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 7, Vogel Als Prophet
Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 8, Jagdlied
Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 9, Abschied

UPC: 4573278940034
Label: Ypsilon Internationa
Release Date: 4.6.18
Format: CD

Schumann / Yoshikawa - Takahiro Yoshikawa Plays Robert Schumann (CD)