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Benjamin Grosvenor plays music by the Schumanns and Brahms
17th Mar 2023by Katherine Cooper
The British pianist is on typically eloquent, empathetic form in a programme which includes Robert's Kreisleriana and Blumenstück, Clara's variations on a theme from his Bunte Blätter, and their friend Brahms's autumnal Intermezzi Op. 117.
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Beatrice Rana on Clara & Robert Schumann
8th Feb 2023by Katherine Cooper
In the wake of her recording of the Schumanns' piano concertos with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Italian pianist reflects on the 'powerful, open and beautiful' relationship between the couple.
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Golda Schultz on This Be Her Verse
26th May 2022by Katherine Cooper
The South African soprano discusses her debut solo recording - a 'love-letter to women in music' featuring songs by Clara Schumann, Emilie Mayer, Rebecca Clarke and Nadia Boulanger, plus a new commission by composer Kathleen Tagg and librettist Lila Palmer.
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Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Clara Schumann
5th Jul 2019by Katherine Cooper
The 24-year-old pianist makes her debut on Decca with a bicentenary tribute to one of the nineteenth century’s most remarkable women, including the Piano Concerto which she completed at sixteen and premiered with Mendelssohn and the Gewandhausorchester.
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Isata Kanneh-Mason on Clara Schumann
5th Jul 2019by Katherine Cooper
The pianist talks to Katherine about her debut solo recording, released to commemorate Schumann's bicentenary this year.