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Track(s) taken from APR7502

Liebeslied 'Widmung, von Robert Schumann', S566a

composer
Liebeslied; No 1 of Myrthen, Op 25
arranger
after 1848; short draft

Eileen Joyce (piano)
Recording details: February 1936
London, United Kingdom
Release date: September 2011
Total duration: 3 minutes 28 seconds
 

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Leslie Howard (piano)

Reviews

‘Listening to Joyce is strangely addictive. One cannot wait, as it were, to read the next chapter. She shares with Kreisler and Tauber the same unteachable ability to elevate the second-rate to the first-rate, and to illuminate familiar masterpieces with a convincing and unmistakable voice … this is such a cornucopia of good things it is hard to know where to start … full marks all round for an early Award contender’ (Gramophone)

‘The quality that comes across in these performances is the sheer joy of playing. Joyce possessed a formidable technique and an interpretative mind that blended stylish sensibility with passion … Joyce’s breadth as well as her impeccable touch and distinctive artistic personality are valuably recalled here’ (The Telegraph)» More

‘The Ballades are simply magnificent, up there with the best. Always warm and well-shaped, they are very complete in their understanding of where the music is going, always convincing in their rubato’ (MusicWeb International)
The simple version of Schumann's Widmung (Liebeslied op 25/1) which follows is in a completely different character from the very popular published version. The manuscript of the simpler version, which adheres more closely to Schumann's text, is located in the Library of Congress, and has been published in recent times in America.

from notes by Leslie Howard © 1999

La version simple de la Widmung (Liebeslied, op.25/1) de Schumann, proposée ici, et la très populaire version publiée ne possèdent en rien le même caractère. Le manuscrit de la version simplifiée, qui adhère plus étroitement au texte schumannien, est conservé à la Library of Congress et a été récemment publié en Amérique.

extrait des notes rédigées par Leslie Howard © 1999
Français: Hypérion

Die darauf folgende schlichte Fassung von Schumanns Widmung (Liebeslied op. 25/1) hat einen völlig anderen Charakter als die sehr populäre veröffentlichte Version. Das Manuskript der schlichteren Version, das sich enger an Schumanns Komposition hält, befindet sich in der Library of Congress in Washington D.C. und wurde jüngst in den USA veröffentlicht.

aus dem Begleittext von Leslie Howard © 1999
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller

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