SCHUMANN

 

Carnival; Kreisleriana

 

Track List 

[1]-[8] Kreisleriana, op.16

[9]-[29] Carnaval, op.9

 

Mitsuko Uchida

 

UCHIDA'S ONLY SCHUMANN RECORDING RETURNS TO THE CATALOGUE

 

Mitsuko Uchida is most closely associated with the music of Mozart and Schubert. This recording from 1985 is still her only recording of music by Schumann and it includes the composer's most popular solo piano works.

 

Unavailable for some time, the disc was greeted with great critical acclaim when first released:

 

'I have the impression that her aim was to make them wholly and uniquely her own ... much of what we hear is as refreshingly imaginative as it is pianistically exemplary ... she relishes the fantasy and caprice of Carnaval with an arrestingly vivid immediacy of characterization.' Gramophone May 1995

 

Timing: 67:10

Digital Status: DDD

Recorded: Snape Maltings, May 1994

 

Decca The Originals 4758260