Composer: Robert Schumann
Performer: Zebra Trio: Ernst Kovacic, Steven Dann, Anssi Karttunen
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Size: 753 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Album for the Young, Op. 68, Pt. 1 “For Children” (Arr. A. Karttunen for String Trio):
01. No.1 Melody
02. No.2 Soldiers’ March
03. No.3 Humming Song
04. No.4 Chorale
05. No.5 Little Piece
06. No.6 Poor Orphan Child
07. No.7 Little Hunting Song
08. No.8 Wild Rider
09. No.9 Folksong
10. No.10 Happy Farmer, Returning from Work
11. No.11 Siciliana
12. No.12 Servant Rupert
13. No.13 May, Sweet May
14. No.14 Little Study
15. No.15 Spring Song
16. No.16 First Loss
17. No.17 Little Morning Wanderer
18. No.18 The Reaper’s Song
Album for the Young, Op. 68, Pt. 2 “For Adults” (Arr. A. Karttunen for String Trio):
19. No.19 Little Romance
20. No.20 Rustic Song
21. No.21
22. No.22 Roundelay
23. No.23 The Horseman
24. No.24 Harvest Song
25. No.25 Echoes from the Theatre
26. No.26
27. No.27 Little Song in Canon
28. No.28 Remembrance
29. No.29 The Stranger
30. No.30
31. No.31 Song of War
32. No.32 Sheherazade
33. No.33 Harvesting the Grapes – Happy Time!
34. No.34 Theme
35. No.35 Mignon
36. No.36 Italian Mariners’ Song
37. No.37 Sailors’ Song
38. No.38 Wintertime I
39. No.39 Wintertime II
40. No.40 Little Fugue
41. No.41 Northern Song
42. No.42 Figured Chorale
42. No.43 Song for New Year’s Eve
Schumann’s Album für die Jugend, Op. 68, of 1848 appears to be a collection of simple teaching pieces for children. But its unassuming exterior hides a wealth of inter-connected references: to Bach and to William Blake (whose Songs of Innocence and Experience it shadows), and to the life of the Romantic artist as reflected in nature and the passage of the seasons. Anssi Karttunen’s transcription for string trio brings a textural subtlety that enhances the unsuspected layers of meaning in Schumann’s modest miniatures – revealed, over 170 years after their composition, as an essential Romantic manifesto. The Zebra Trio consists of the Austrian violinist Ernst Kovacic, Canadian violist Steven Dann and Finnish cellist Anssi Karttunen, each bringing a vast experience in chamber music, in different styles and in working with living composers to the world of the string trio. The Zebra Trio has always mixed familiar master-pieces with new works and transcriptions, combining all of these in creative ways in their concerts.