Piano concerto Schumann

Antonin Dvorak, Robert Schumann, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Wiener Philharmoniker, Andras Schiff - Dvorak: Piano Concerto / Schumann: Introduction and Allegro Appassionato - Amazon.com Music

27/09/2017

Today I’d like to share with you Piano Concerto in A minor by German composer Robert Schumann (1810–1856). Robert wanted to become a great pianist, and his teacher, Friedrich Wieck, assured him that he could, but a hand injury caused by a concoction created by Wieck that was supposed to stretch Robert’s fingers shattered that dream.

Schumann’s Piano Concerto, begun in the year after they married, but not finished until 1845, was premièred by Clara and promoted by her in the face of considerable opposition after Robert died. It’s an unusual work for its time, when the more formulaic concerto would pitch the pianist into a battle for supremacy against the assembled

Schumann* · Grieg*, Berliner Philharmoniker, Krystian Zimerman · Herbert von Karajan: Schumann* · Grieg*, Berliner Philharmoniker, Krystian Zimerman · Herbert von Karajan - Schumann · Grieg: Klavierkonzerte = Piano Concertos ‎ (CD, Album, RE, RM, Car) Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon: 00289 479 3868, 2532 043: 2017: Sell This Version The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 was completed in the year 1845 and is the only piano concerto written by the German Romantic composer Robert Schumann.The work was premiered in Dresden on December 4, 1845. Schumann had earlier worked on several piano concerti: he began one in E-flat major in 1828, from 1829–31 he worked on one in F major, and in 1839, he wrote one movement of a concerto ...