Robert Schumann

Marc-Andre Hamelin presents a fascinating juxtaposition of two composers who are not obviously musically related, but who are proved on here to be a felicitous combination. Schumann's Kinderszenen is as deftly and exquisitely crafted as anything in his more outwardly sophisticated mode. Waldszenen is his last major cycle for solo piano. Janacek's subject matter is darker and the piano writing is more treacherous, but the result is one of the composer's...

"Annie Fischer (1914-1995), the internationally renowned pianist was a leading figure on the Hungarian music world for seven decades. Physiotherapist and rhythmic gymnastics trainer Anna Dévény (1935-2017) started following Annie Fischer's career in the 1950s, then from the beginning of the 1970s until the pianist's death, she recorded her concerts on a tape recorder. These two CDs are a selection from these recordings, including the Schubert A...