Kreisleriana, Op 16 (Schumann)
from Schumann: Arabeske, Kreisleriana & Fantasie (CDA68363)
1 Äußerst bewegt [2'42]
2 Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch [8'47]
3 Sehr aufgeregt [5'17]
4 Sehr langsam [3'24]
5 Sehr lebhaft [3'11]
6 Sehr langsam [3'40]
7 Sehr rasch [2'00]
8 Schnell und spielend [3'36]
32 minutes 37 seconds 8 tracks
‘Kreisleriana, it could be argued, is far and away the most challenging of the cycles. While Hough’s approach is supremely lyrical, he is especially adept at capturing the sudden, unsettling shifts of ...
BBC Music Magazine
‘Such tenderness in the opening movement [of the Fantasie]—Schumann's deep lament for Clara—then more extrovert but never flamboyant; deeply thought and felt from beginning to end … I was captiva ...