- Composer: Clara Schumann^Felix Mendelssohn^Franz Liszt^Johannes Brahms^Robert Schumann
- Audio CD (11 Jun 2007)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Asv
- ASIN: B000PHX0XW
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 203,060 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Opening | |||
| 2. This Little Book | |||
| 3. Des Abends | |||
| 4. My Robert! | |||
| 5. Spring Song | |||
| 6. My Clara Is Love And Kindness | |||
| 7. First Movement | |||
| 8. Oh Robert! If Only You Knew... | |||
| 9. Romance | |||
| 10. And Now, 1st October | |||
| 11. Scherzo | |||
| 12. 28th October 1853 | |||
| 13. Sehr Langsam - No.7 | |||
| 14. Winter, 1854 | |||
| 15. Intermezzo | |||
| 16. What Can I Say About His Letter? | |||
| 17. Ausserst Bewegt - No.1 | |||
| 18. Johannes Plays a Great Deal | |||
| 19. Intermezzo | |||
| 20. Brahms Has Told Me Much About Himself | |||
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This CD derives from Lucy Parham's presentation on the relationship of Robert and Clara Schumann, which she has performed many times since its conception in the Wigmore Hall Masters Series in 2002. I have never seen and heard it live, but I would love to! The story, which is fascinating and very moving, is told through extracts from the Schumanns' letters and joint 'marriage diary' (the capable, if slightly mature-sounding, readers are Joanna David and Martin Jarvis) and many solo piano pieces by Robert and Clara, Mendelssohn and Brahms, with some input from Liszt in his arrangement of Robert's song 'Widmung', which ends the programme very effectively - such a bold, proud but vulnerable piece it is! The selections from the diaries and letters are most expertly made and they really do give a picture of the ecstasy, the frustration, the agony and finally the tragedy of this extraordinary musical marriage. All the music is played by Lucy Parham, who is a great devotee of this repertoire, and she does it full justice. I put the CD on meaning to listen to some of it and then resume later, but I listened right through ; it takes hold of you. The story of Robert, in the vanguard of the German Romantic movement, a true innovator, an astonishing composer, especially of piano music and songs, and his extraordinary wife, child protege, concert virtuoso, composer, mother of seven children, attentive and resourceful support to her unpredictable and finally unstable genius-husband, more than deserves the kind of understanding and eloquent treatment it gets here. It is a very fine CD and well worth hearing.
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This CD gives an interesting insight into the composer and his times supported by the music it inspired.A fascinating love story.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A unique combination of world-class piano and narration.
22 July 2007
Format:Audio CD
This audio book in a unique combination of a descriptive narrative of the triangle relationship between Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms, and includes readings from their personal letters and diaries. In-between passages is the wonderful piano music of Lucy Parham, a Schumann-specialist and creator of the project. Beloved Clara' has been touring the US as a live event.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Skeptical at first but totally won over by the end.
24 July 2007
Format:Audio CD
Call me an incurable romantic, call me sentimental but I was won over by this wonderful record. It's like that play 'Love Letters'where they booked celebrity couples to read from a series of letters back and forth. This takes it a step further and not only reads the love letters between Robert & Clara Schumann but also those from Johannes Brahms to Clara. And also contains readings from thier diaries.
Lucy Parham has selected music by all three composers (along with a Mendelssohn track) to illustrate the readings by the actors Joanna David & Martin Jarvis.
By the end I was choked up and almost on the verge of tears. I actually had to pull my car over on the freeway so I could recover and drive safely.
This is a very imaginative project and a wonderful CD. I give 5 out of 5 stars. It's for everyone who ever fell in love, experienced unrequited love and the pain of longing.
Lucy Parham has selected music by all three composers (along with a Mendelssohn track) to illustrate the readings by the actors Joanna David & Martin Jarvis.
By the end I was choked up and almost on the verge of tears. I actually had to pull my car over on the freeway so I could recover and drive safely.
This is a very imaginative project and a wonderful CD. I give 5 out of 5 stars. It's for everyone who ever fell in love, experienced unrequited love and the pain of longing.
Fine performances, fascinating story
22 Mar 2010
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"Beloved Clara" intersperses excerpts from piano pieces by Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms with excerpts from diaries and letters of Robert and Clara Schumann. A romantic rendering of a romantic story, very well done.
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