Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe (2013)

There are several attractions on this album of Schumann works by German-American cellist Jan Vogler, accompanied by the celebrated Hélène Grimaud (who properly reins in some of her more extreme tendencies here). The final Andante and variations, Op. 46, for the odd but quintessentially domestic combination of two pianos, two cellos, and horn, is not heard very often, and it's one of Schumann's few lighthearted works. In the Fantasiestücke for cello and piano, Op. 73, Vogler cultivates an emotionally intense, intimate mood ... Read More

There are several attractions on this album of Schumann works by German-American cellist Jan Vogler, accompanied by the celebrated Hélène Grimaud (who properly reins in some of her more extreme tendencies here). The final Andante and variations, Op. 46, for the odd but quintessentially domestic combination of two pianos, two cellos, and horn, is not heard very often, and it's one of Schumann's few lighthearted works. In the Fantasiestücke for cello and piano, Op. 73, Vogler cultivates an emotionally intense, intimate mood and achieves quite a dramatic, involving performance. He brings the same qualities to the main attraction, a performance of the song cycle Dichterliebe, Op. 48, altering the music only with a few octave transpositions. The trouble is that it's hard not to ask why the work should have been performed this way. Of course transpositions of many kinds were common, even at the height of the Romantic cult of the individual composer, but the idea of an "instrumental" version of a purely vocal... Read Less

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