Carolin Widmann (violin), Dénes Várjon (piano) ECM New Series 476 6744 *****:The first of Schumann's three violin sonatas gets the lion's share of attention while the third hardly gets any at all.

Robert Schumann, Three Sonatas for Violin and Piano performed by Jennifer Frautschi, violin; John Blacklow, piano (Albany). The title of this disc actually reads “Two Three Sonatas for Violin and ...

In the wrong hands, Robert Schumann's three sonatas for violin and piano could seem a bit overdone: "tastefully" uber-Romantic. One can almost imagine the composer's wife, Clara, seated at the ...

Schumann’s three piano sonatas make one wish he’d stuck to songs. And to his glorious keyboard Toccata, and descriptive pieces for the piano such as the Papillons and Davidsbundlertanze and the tiny ...

The title of this disc actually reads “Two Three Sonatas for Violin and Piano” with the “two” crossed out. Most people think Schumann wrote just two sonatas. The third is a kind of hybrid. He finished ...

Robert Schumann's three Violin Sonatas are the epitome of Romanticism -- deeply atmospheric works full of song, but haunted by the ghost of Beethoven and the pull between tradition and innovation, not ...

Union College’s Memorial Chapel in Schenectady was the scene for violinist Alexi Kenney’s and pianist Amy Yang’s concert on Sunday. SCHENECTADY — The dynamic violinist Alexi Kenney with pianist Amy ...

If the goal of Nikolai Demidenko's Saturday afternoon recital at the Florence Gould Theatre was to show the piano who was boss, there wasn't much question which of them emerged victorious. In an ...

The Verbier Festival is an international classical music event that takes place each summer in the mountain town of Verbier, Switzerland. Started in 1994, the Festival welcomes audiences with a ...

ANGELA HEWITT made her international reputation by playing Bach on the modern grand piano: a great achievement when you consider how many trends were working against that treatment, because of the ...

Near the end of his life, Robert Schumann's mental state grew ever more unstable. He was often worried and irritable. Did he let his emotions drift into his music? You can decide, as we hear violinist ...