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In Reply to: RE: Schumann piano cont. posted by MichaelV8 on March 18, 2012 at 17:08:03

Thank you all for your comments. I have learned a lot more than what I'd expected. About Schumann, some of the pianists, and myself. To add to all the recordings that I've heard so far, I just played Curzon's recordings of the Fantasy and Kinderszenen on Decca.

Very worthy recording. I looked up Haggin and this was the one he recommended for the Fantasy.

I cannot believe that after all this time, I've yet to come up with a clear favorite. There are many good ones. I will have to let this cook for awhile. Just like I had to do with the Appassionata Sonata.

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Enjoyable survey - layman 12:51:44 03/27/12 (0)
It sounds like this has been an enjoyable survey. Narrowing down to a few good performances (out of many) is no easy task. I applaud your dedication and love for the composer and I admire your sagacity and insight into the music as well.

I don't think that it's possible to narrow down to a single "best" performance however. Clara Schumann, the virtuoso for whom these works were written, alas, left no recordings.
"I cannot believe that after all this time, I've yet to come up with a clear favorite" - Chris from Lafayette 11:38:32 03/27/12 (0)
I've found that the more recordings of a particular work I listen to, the more I feel this way myself - There seem to be unique insights to a given musical work that I get from almost EVERY performance I hear! (Well, I guess there ARE exceptions every once in a while.) ;-)

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