Schumann / Lee Piano Sonatas For The Young CD

Robert Schumann's dramatic life and transcendent music can be considered an archetype for the Romantic age in which he lived. Most of the works on this recording were written towards the end of his life, and Gesange der Fruhe (Songs of Dawn) was completed just months before Schumann's final breakdown and confinement to the asylum in Endenich, it's strange beauty infused with ideas of double identity. Schumann had his own daughters in mind for the utterly charming Klavier-Sonaten fur die Jugend (Piano Sonatas for the Young), while the earlier sonata movements have recently been transcribed and edited from the composer's incomplete or discarded sketches.

1. I. Im Ruhigen Tempo 2. II. Belebt, Nicht Zu Rasch 3. III. Lebhaft 4. IV. Bewegt 5. V. Im Anfanfe Ruhiges, Im Verlaufe Bewegteres Tempo 6. Allegro (Lebhaft) 7. Thema Mit Variationen: Ziemlich Langsam 8. Puppenwiegenlied: Nicht Schnell 9. Rondoletto: Munter 10. Allegro (Lebhaft) 11. Canon: Lebhaft 12. Abendlied: Langsam 13. Kindergesellschaft: Sehr Lebhaft 14. Allegro. Im Marschtempo 15. Andante: Ausdrucksvoll 16. Zigeunertanz: Schnell 17. Traum Eines Kindes: Sehr Lebhaft 18. Presto Possibile 19. Agitato 20. Allegro Molto 21. Agitato