Robert Schumann: Sonaten für Violine & Klavier Nr.1 & 2 auf CD

Bis heute leidet Clara Schumann, eine der größten Klaviervirtuosen des 19. Jahrhunderts, als Komponistin an einer gewissen Unterbewertung. Dies hängt natürlich mit dem kompositorischen Erfolg ihres Ehemanns Robert zusammen. 1853 komponierte sie, inspiriert von Roberts in den zwei zurückliegenden Jahren komponierten Violinsonaten, die drei Romanzen, die von Publikum und Kritik mit viel Beifall aufgenommen wurden. 1855 erschienen die Romanzen erstmals im Druck; gewidmet war die Serie einem jungen Geiger und Freund des Ehepaars Schumann, Joseph Joachim.

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Fanfare Magazine: "The last recording of Schumann’s violin sonatas I received for review featured the up-and-coming, Chicago-born, Korean violinist Jennifer Koh and her excellent pianist partner Reiko Uchida.​ That was back in the 2007, 30:6 issue of the magazine.​ Of Koh’s playing I said at the time that it was of a transfiguring refinement and beauty that somehow manages to blend a sense of angelic chastity with a sense of profound human knowingness, and I compared her to Menuhin in his good years.​ That’s a tough act to follow, but Portuguese violinist Bruno Monteiro achieves a different but equally alluring beauty all his own in the two with-opus-number sonatas.​ His tone, not as virginal sounding as Koh’s, has a vibrant, throbbing quality to it that swathes Schumann’s effusive outpouring of almost nonstop melody in a mellow glow.​ If it’s brightness and a sense of innocence that suffuse Koh’s readings, Monteiro’s are more mature, filled with feelings of past happiness lost and portents of darkness to come.​ Where the two versions overlap, they complement each other nicely and, were it only for the two sonatas I’d have a hard time choosing one over the other.​ (…) The three Romances are lovingly and longingly played here by Monteiro and Santos.​ A thoroughly engaging release recommended without reservation.​"