Schubertiade

Schumann is the new album from the critically acclaimed, Grammy nominated cellist Sol Gabetta. This recording features a recording of Schumann’s cello concerto with the renowned Kammerorchester Basel under the direction of Giovanni Antonini. Sol Gabetta also teams up with the wonderful French pianist, Bertrand Chamayou to record Fantasy Pieces op. 73, the Adagio and Allegro op. 70 and the Five Pieces in Folk Style op. 102.

Isabel Villanueva will present her debut album ‘Bohèmes’ on 20th October in an press-conference held at Teatro Real in Madrid. This is her first recording project for viola and piano recorded with François Dumont for IMMStage label. The album includes works by Liszt, Granados, Hahn, Martinu, Enesco and Debussy.

For the first four years of their marriage, Robert and Clara Schumann kept a joint diary, a project which Robert described as a record of our wishes and our hopes, and the means whereby we may convey to one another any requests we may have to make, for which words may not suffice…

The Austrian tenor Daniel Johannsen (born in 1978) is among the most demanded evangelists and Bach singers of his generation. He studied vocal arts with Margit Klaushofer and Lied interpretation with Robert Holl in Vienna, where he also graduated in church music; Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, Nicolai Gedda and Christa Ludwig chose him for master classes. He is prize winner at numerous competitions (Bach, Schumann, Mozart and Wigmore Hall).

His love for the works of Schubert led Ammiel Bushakevitz to the art song repertoire. He received mentorship in this field from notable singers including the late Dietrich FischerDieskau, Thomas Quasthoff, Elly Ameling, Thomas Hampson, Matthias Goerne, Teresa Berganza and Brigitte Fassbaender. Born in Jerusalem, Israel and raised in South Africa, Ammiel Bushakevitz developed a special affinity for the music of Franz Schubert from an early age. He is a laureate of the International Franz Schubert Competition Dortmund and is a recipient of the International Schubert Institute Award in Vienna.

“I always find my role as a pianist very similar to an actor. Fundamentally speaking, we are all interpreters trying to decode a piece of art and transmitting to the audience through our own means.”Pianist Cheng Zhang first received international recogni­tion in 2011 by winning both the only Haskil prize and public prize at the prestigious Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Vevey Switzerland.A native of China, he garnered critical acclaim for his per­formances at such venues including Konzerthaus in Berlin, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Stravinski Auditorium in Montreux and Philharmonic in Warsaw. Highlights in recent years include appearances at Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Verbier Festival Academy, Festival Septembre Musical de Montreux-Vevey, Schubertiade from Espace 2, Bonn Robert Schumannfest and Nohant Chopin Festival.

Beethoven as a giant of the symphony and the sonata has somewhat overshadowed Beethoven as a creator of songs. On this varied and insightful recording, tenor Werner Güra performs a program featuring Adelaide and the first song cycle in history, An die ferne Geliebte, that proves Beethoven's lieder lacked neither appeal nor originality. Accompanist Christoph Berner plays a Streicher fortepiano of 1847 that is perfectly suited to both the songs and to his solo performance of the wonderful Bagatelles of Op.126.

“I always find my role as a pianist very similar to an actor. Fundamentally speaking, we are all interpreters trying to decode a piece of art and transmitting to the audience through our own means.”