- Kinderszenen (Scenes from childhood), recorded by pianist Lise de la Salle.
These wonderful short pieces for piano have long been an opportunity for the instrumentalist to show her/his capabilities.
Of the 17 tracks, here are the first few scenes and their titles:
1. Kinderszenen opus 15 “Von fremden Ländern und Menschen”
2. Kinderszenen opus 15 “Kuriose Geschichte”
3. Kinderszenen opus 15 “Hasche-Mann”
4. Kinderszenen opus 15 “Bittendes Kind”
5. Kinderszenen opus 15 “Glückes genug”
6. Kinderszenen opus 15 “Wichtige Begenbenheit
7. Kinderszenen opus 15 “Träumerei”
8. Kinderszenen opus 15 “Am Kamin”
9. Kinderszenen opus 15 “Ritter vom Steckenpferd”
10. Kinderszenen opus 15 “Fast zu ernst”
11. Kinderszenen opus 15 “Fürchtenmachen”
12. Kinderszenen opus 15 “Kind im Einschlummern”
You have likely heard some of these, such as #7, “dreaming”, or #12: “child falling asleep”.
This is Schumann at his best as a pianist; sensitive; thoughtful; gentle. As a symphonic composer, he also was amazing, having left us four great symphonies.
Here is French pianist Lise de la Salle in Schumann’s “Etudes Symphoniques”:
And next, here is something composed many years after Schumann’s time by Sergei Prokofiev:
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