from Schumann: Kinderszenen & Waldszenen; Janáček: On the overgrown path I Book 1 (CDA68030) 1 Eintritt [2'28] 22 minutes 35 seconds 9 tracks2 Jäger auf der Lauer [1'25] 3 Einsame Blumen [2'25] 4 Verrufene Stelle [2'42] 5 Freundliche Landschaft [1'10] 6 Herberge [2'07] 7 Vogel als Prophet [3'46] 8 Jagdlied [2'25] 9 Abschied [4'07] ‘In Hamelin's latest disc of music by Janáček and Schumann, he shows himself a virtuoso in a deeper sense, a virtuoso in sound, colour and poetic empathy, one who, to quote Liszt, ‘breathes the breath ... BBC Music Magazine ‘Shimmering colors, infinitely pliable phrases, apt character in the Schumann and shivering poignancy in the first book of Janacek’s miniatures’ (The New York Times) |