Composer: Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Carl Maria von Weber
Performer: Luisa Imorde
Orchestra: Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Marie Jacquot
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Berlin Classics
Catalogue: 0302965BC
Release: 2023
Size: 540 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Schumann C: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
01. I. Allegro maestoso
02. II. Romanze. Andante non troppo con grazia
03. III. Finale. Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto
Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25
04. No. 3, Der Nussbaum (Arr. C. Schumann for piano)
Weber: 12 Allemandes, Op. 4, J. 15-26
05. No. 1, —
Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25
06. No. 1, Widmung (Arr. C. Schumann for piano)
07. Weber: Max-Walzer, J. Anh. 81
Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25
08. No. 7, Die Lotos Blume (Arr. C. Schumann for piano)
Weber: 6 Favoritwalzer
09. No. 5, J. 147
Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39
10. No. 1, In der Fremde (Arr. C. Shumann for piano)
11. Weber: Adagio patetico in C-Sharp Minor
Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39
12. No. 1, In der Fremde (Arr. C. Shumann for piano)
Weber: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, J. 98, Op. 11
13. I. Allegro
14. II. Adagio
15. III. Presto
Introducing the latest recording with Luisa Imorde and the Bremer Philharmoniker, featuring two great romantic Piano Concertos from Clara Schumann and Carl Maria von Weber. Following the success of her previous albums dedicated to Beethoven/Wölfl, Bach/Kapustin, and Couperin/Messiaen, the pianist now presents her latest recording that explores the romantic repertoire with orchestra. This album features two Piano Concertos that beautifully capture the essence of the romantic era, complemented by solo piano pieces by Robert and Clara Schumann and C.M. von Weber. Weber’s departure from the classical to the romantic era and Schumann’s legacy as a female composer bear witness to the mastery of both in Luisa Imorde’s outstanding interpretation.
Relatively unknown until a short time ago, the Piano Concerto in A minor, composed by Clara Wieck at the age of fourteen, long before she became Frau Schumann, today enjoys immense popularity. The number of recordings multiplied, while her other works dragged on behind. Her career as a composer was shattered by the macho attitudes of the time, which inevitably considered that women belonged in the kitchen or raising children. While living with an extremely depressed husband, she fell pregnant eleven times in just thirteen years. Consequently, Clara Schumann had very little time left to compose…
Coming from a family of musicians, the young German pianist, Luisa Imorde, approaches Clara Schumann’s Concerto opus 7 from an almost Beethovenian perspective, skipping the pure virtuosity of the writing to better extract gravity, subtle transitions, and permanent reinventions. Her programme is completed by five Lieder (by Robert), written for solo piano by his wife, and four pieces by Carl Maria von Weber, a composer whom the latter played throughout her long career as a pianist after Schumann’s death.
It is from this historical perspective that this album ends with Weber’s Concerto No. 1 in C Major. Luisa Imorde performs it with the Bremen Philharmonic under the direction of the French conductor, Marie Jacquot, who was Kirill Petrenko’s assistant before being appointed Music Director of the Royal Danish Orchestra from 2024 and Principal Guest Conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.