Schumann - Carnaval, Op. 9
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Instrumental » Piano Solos
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Schumann's imagination to take flight, its freshness restored. Unmistakably, this is Schumann interpretation of a high order, filled with character yet unencumbered with eccentricity —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
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Hamelin's combination of fleet-fingered delicacy and compelling drive suit Schumann's aesthetic ideally; but best of all is his gleeful sense of storytelling. He brings the masked ball guests... —
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Building a Library, July 2006, First Choice
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Hough's album takes wing in an atmosphere of tension and sombreness...Hough's own Sonata prove the high point...rich in its textural variety and harmonic colours...Hearing a masterful pianist... —
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Uchida's Schumann is a mercurial panoply of delights, abounding with wit, intelligence and intuition. And as if her ideal sensitivity to the composer's manic and depressive sides wasn't enough,... —
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Building A Library, March 2025, Recommended Recording (Carnaval)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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The Young Schumann: Carnaval, Papillons, Intermezzi, Abegg Variations
RecommendedCharles Owen (piano)
Overall, this playing is meticulous, clean and restrained, a saner rendition of Robert Schumann’s own mercurial, alternatingly introspective and exuberant character. But even if Owen’s Schumann... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Exceptional transfers of justly famous performances Rachmaninov brings this music vividly to life with a unique blend of rubato, unsentimentality, solidity of line and virtuosity. —
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you sense, right from the opening Promenade of Pictures, that Gerstein has considered everything: textures are rethought, phrasing pondered, while tempi are fluid and oft-changing...I can't... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Historical
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[Schumann] was the undisputed master of miniature. But miniature is a misleading word, as these vivid, subtle performances by this Israeli pianist remind us. —
