Kinderszenen, Op 15 (Schumann)
from Schumann: Kinderszenen & Waldszenen; Janáček: On the overgrown path I Book 1 (CDA68030)
1 Von fremden Ländern und Menschen [1'59]
2 Kuriose Geschichte [1'01]
3 Hasche-Mann [0'33]
4 Bittendes Kind [1'08]
5 Glückes genug [1'12]
6 Wichtige Begebenheit [0'56]
7 Träumerei [2'51]
8 Am Kamin [0'54]
9 Ritter vom Steckenpferd [0'38]
10 Fast zu ernst [1'56]
11 Fürchtenmachen [1'36]
12 Kind im Einschlummern [2'13]
13 Der Dichter spricht [2'50]
19 minutes 47 seconds 13 tracks
‘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)