

21 (1838) set, with two trios, respectively in D-flat Major and in D Major, the latter imitative of a hunting scene. The last of the little novels easily qualifies as the most complicated of the Op. Intimate dialogue, the Notturno from beloved Clara Schumann’s Soirées musicales, linking the two main sections of Robert’s meditation.

The rubric of the recital, “A Voice from the Distance” derives from a notation in the score of the Robert Schumann Novellette in F# Minor, which quotes, in The 19 th Century, now accessing the lowest and highest notes of the keyboard. The octave range of the instrument, 6.5, expands the capacity for color and rhetorical gesture from the older models of Sense of expressive intimacy is intended. The damper pedal, the una corda pedal, and the moderator pedal each contributes to the special timbres, particularly when a The instrument meets the requirements of the period, featuring three pedals to modify the colorĮffects produced by the keyboard. Replicates the Viennese model of Conrad Graf from the 1830’s. 6 – Andre Botticelli, fortepiano – 64:40 BANFF 01 [ ****:Ĭanadian pianist Andrea Botticelli has made a reputation in fortepiano performance, and she uses an instrument constructed in 2014 by Rodney Regier which SCHUMANN: Notturno from Soirées musicales, Op. 664 CZERNY: Variations on a Theme by Rode, “La Ricordanza,” Op. STIMME aus der FERNE (“Voice from Afar”) = SCHUBERT: Sonata in A Major, D.
