Beethoven, Schumann: Piano Works

Editorial Reviews
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Biss, who has been getting much attention in the American music world, makes his recording debut at the age of 23 with a challenging program. He wisely places the Beethoven Fantasy first. To many listeners, this unfamiliar piece, written in the style of an improvisation, will be an arresting introduction to the program. To those familiar with the music, Biss's compelling intensity will demonstrate his credentials: here is a pianist with something to say. Competition in the other two works is stronger, and you can't say Biss blows it away. But his Schumann is strongly and expressively played, with almost the ultimate amount of contrast you want in this wild music. The Beethoven Sonata, performed here with all the necessary repeats, has been recorded by dozens of famous pianists. Biss is already somewhere in the top echelon, bringing drama and excitement to the music. Someday he may play the finale even more powerfully, but he already causes plenty of tingles. At EMI's "Debut" series super-bargain price, this disc would be worth having even if all you want is the Beethoven Fantasy. --Leslie Gerber

Tracks:

Liebestraum No.3
Prelude In G Minor
Fur Elise
Turkish March
Prelude In E-flat
Reverie
Prelude In C-sharp Minor
Prelude In G
Waltz In A-flat
Consolation No. 5
Moment Musical No. 3
Intermezzo In E-flat Minor
Kinderszenen opus 15 Tramrei
Barcarolle
Intemezzo In C-sharp Minor
Prelude In C-minor
Fantasie-mpromptu

Customer Reviews:

Music to my ears!.......2007-04-04

I bought this CD as a "treat" for my 16 year old son, who has just finished a homeschool music course for one of his electives. The last part of the course required listening to music from all the great composers, Baroque through contemporary periods, and identifying the more famous pieces by name and composer. He not only enjoyed the course, he now actually listens to this CD for his own enjoyment (when he's not playing 80's rock). What more could a mother ask for? (I'll tell you. I ask him to borrow it, it's lovely.)

Legend!.......2006-10-11

This is the greatest compilation of recordings ever made by the legendary pianist Van Cliburn. Although I am a cellist, I wear this cd out on a regular basis both at the office and home. I actually have an extra copy to play at the office. All of these recordings are superb in sound quality, performance and incredibly inspiring. The Schumann, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Liszt pieces are stellar and my personal favorites. I only wish there were dvd's with Cliburn's performances for those of us too young to have seen him perform live. CD is a must-have for any classical music lover's collection.

Probably the Best Piano CD ever!.......2006-04-13

If you like Piano music, this is the CD for you. Van Cliburn is at home with great songs that anyone will recognize. It is a masterfully performed set of songs for anyone.

An exquisite recording...read on!...........2005-03-13

Contains a masterful rendition of Beethoven's "Fur Elise", which happens to be one of my favorite classical pieces -- I have a smooth-jazz-pop-dance version of this tune on my own album, "Classy Cool: Classical Favorites, Made Cool" (Google keyword "Motionizer" to find it)

BRILLIANT!.......2004-12-01

usually i don't listen to classical music that much.. i'm 14! but i really enjoy piano so when i saw this music i started to listen to it and i cant beleive how fantastic it is! It is a must have for piano lovers, because the mood of the music varies so much that there is something to suit every mood! My personal favourite is track 2 i can't stop listening to it! I really recommend this cd it is so good.

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The best
Pure Piano
Not quite for that candle-light dinner ....
Classic
Great compilation

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Impromptu in A Flat Major, Op.142 (D.935),No.2
Etude in E major, Op.10, No.3
Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 'Fur Elise': Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59
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Nocturne in E flat major, Op.9,No.2
Liebestraum No 3 in AFlat Major, Op.62 (S.541) No.3
Impromptu in G flat major,Op. 90(D.899), No.3
Romance in F Minor,Op.5
Alla turca from Piano Sonata No.11 in Major, K.331
Trerei from Kinderszenen,Op.15
Prelude no 15 in D Flat Major, Op.28 'Raindrop': Prelude no 15 in D Flat Major, Op.28
Tango in D major
Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.3 No.2

Customer Reviews:

The best.......2007-04-10

The CD I bought is great. The music is great. I love Fur Elise music.

Pure Piano.......2007-01-11

This is one of the clearest and most enjoyable CDs I have purchased. The music is pure and all piano, no frills. I feel like I can play, which of course I can not. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys excellent piano.

Not quite for that candle-light dinner .... .......2006-03-02

Perhaps its best to first clarify the context of this CD's title, "Romantic Piano Music." The word "Romantic" here is not about sensuous mood music to share with your significant other. Rather, it refers to the musical era labeled "Romanticism" which started around Beethoven and ended around 1900 with the development of the "modern era." It is odd that Mozart is featured here as he clearly belongs to the preceeding "classical" era (but the piece here is one of his best). So, this CD features solo piano music of that era which has musical characteristics like expressive lyricism ... passionate, personal and poetic emotional displays ... more experimenting with tonal color and harmony ... and frequent shifts of key, tempo and dynamic range (very soft to very loud). So, with especially with this last characteristic in mind, don't expect "Romantic music for a candle light dinner" here as several of the pieces go from quiet, introspective melodies to fast-paced runs or loud, dissonant chords (just hear the first bar of the last track). But, such is "romantic expression" in music. If you are just looking for some nice solo-piano dinner music, try John Field's serene Nocturnes or Chopin's uplifting Waltzes or the quiet compliation disc, "Chopin for Relaxation."

But, if your interest is to explore the great composers and piano literature of the Romantic era, this is a fine CD to do that for many reasons. One reason is the variety of styles and nationalities featured here. One other characteristic of the music of this period was the expression of pride in one's country (Nationalism movement). Nearly all of the composers whose works are featured on this disc were major influences in music history and showed varying degress of Nationism: Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Liszt from Germany ... Chopin from Poland ... Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov from Russian ... Debussy and Satie from France ... and Albeniz from Spain. With such an international line-up of famous composers, you will find a wide range of musical styles, flavors and expressions to discover and enjoy. Most of the selections here are among the more famous piano pieces, so it is a good place to start. And supported by capable artists, good sound quality and some decent liner notes giving the history of the music, this CD provides a compelling journey into the piano music of the mid-late 19th century ... but maybe not ideal for that romantic interlude you might have had in mind.

PS: The title song of this CD, "Fur (for) Elise," is one of Beethoven's most recognizable and simple tunes, often heard in those miniature music boxes or even cell-phone ring tones.

Classic.......2004-04-08

This is classic. I like this music, because this is piano music.
And I love piano music, because I like to play piano. Don't buy it, if you like pop music, not classic ! Buy it, if you like classic. Trust me.

Great compilation.......2002-12-09

Although you may never have heard of any of these pianists, they're all very good and solid performers. It does in no way sound like a budget disc. The programmed pieces work really well together, especially with such a (shatteringly played) finale: Rachmaninov's "Bells of Moscow" Prelude!

Average customer rating:

Fine Beethoven and Schumann from Biss
well=paced and direct playing,no nonsense romantic here
Glittering technique, musically done

Beethoven, Schumann: Piano Works

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Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 Appassionata
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Biss, who has been getting much attention in the American music world, makes his recording debut at the age of 23 with a challenging program. He wisely places the Beethoven Fantasy first. To many listeners, this unfamiliar piece, written in the style of an improvisation, will be an arresting introduction to the program. To those familiar with the music, Biss's compelling intensity will demonstrate his credentials: here is a pianist with something to say. Competition in the other two works is stronger, and you can't say Biss blows it away. But his Schumann is strongly and expressively played, with almost the ultimate amount of contrast you want in this wild music. The Beethoven Sonata, performed here with all the necessary repeats, has been recorded by dozens of famous pianists. Biss is already somewhere in the top echelon, bringing drama and excitement to the music. Someday he may play the finale even more powerfully, but he already causes plenty of tingles. At EMI's "Debut" series super-bargain price, this disc would be worth having even if all you want is the Beethoven Fantasy. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Fine Beethoven and Schumann from Biss.......2005-02-26

Jonathan Biss is yet another young pianist who has been garnering rave reviews for his playing, and here, in his CD debut, he shows why. Much to his credit, this fine CD opens with a glistening performance of the Beethoven Fantasy, replete with Biss' technically proficient, rhapsodic playing. His Schumann is some of the best I have heard in a while, played with ample expression and technical brilliance, showing why he deserves to be regarded as among our finest contemporary concert pianists. His version of Beethoven's Appassionata won't persuade me to overlook superb versions I have heard from the likes of Ashkenazy, Brendel and Kempff, however, to his credit, it is a fine performance in his own right (Though I concur with another customer review that the fourth movement isn't nearly as dramatic as it could be.). Judging from this recording, Biss should have a long, distinguished career as an interpreter of Beethoven and Schumann.

well=paced and direct playing,no nonsense romantic here.......2005-02-11

I didn't find any interpretive problems here with the Appassionata, yes the pacing, the momentum tells the entire story in Beethoven, for he was a purveyor of music materials, scales, figures melodic, shapes, thrusts, chord progressions, developmental schemes, variations,all to be manipulated,truncated; he never wrote what you might say is a "beautiful" melody, he was far smarter than that, and interested in music's other parameters. Biss here keeps, maintains this momentum (the First movement)and again you must listen for the larger sweeps of phrases not from moment to moment, for that could be fine, but the larger phrases need to be correct, to be rhythmically on the mark,something Leonard Meyer referred to as the architetonic dimension of pulse and rhythmThe last movement tells the entire story, here if you begin it too, fast, you had better run, hide someplace, for F minor will be a key that will never forgive you.Biss understands this here whether intellectually or intuitively he has it. There was some nice moments in the Beethoven you feel that he wants to push it at times but that only leads to a dangerous abyss. No he doesn't have the mature vision of Rubenstein or Richter but he's there pitching with them noentheless.

This is the best Schumann I've heard in a while, incredibly lyrical,like Biss is playing the "pop" tunes of the day. He has a wonderful sense of melodic direction, knows where things are going, a phrase, and knows what such a melody might do to one, he nurtures this quite well.Biss seems to understand the points in Schumann that could be boring,like his mundane accompanimental figures, or the obvious chordal fills, you must nurture these as well, for chordal display is important in Schumann. He is difficult to interpret, like Haydn, there is no "kugles" manufactures for each of them,so it is music you must work at. Schumann can be difficult unless you do emotion "root canal" work as Michelangeli sometimes, exploring the extremes of Schumann's aesthetic, like he was a mad man, well mad men make incredible music we know, and isn't hte transgressive, the irrational an important part in dealing with the romantic credos. Schumann saved Romanticism from the tyranny of Beethoven's symphonic revolution, he saved it with the private, introspective, parochial lifeworlds to explore. Likewise Biss's "Fantasy in G Minor" of Ludwig has the same discipline required, impassioned but not overly so.
There is another recording I beleive of Biss playing the Appasionata, for I heard even more balance and numance in that one.

Glittering technique, musically done.......2005-01-17

Biss has quite a technique that is displayed in all 3 pieces. The first piece is genuinely interesting, because the Beethoven Fantasy is not all that well known. There is lots of virtuosic passagework, and a Germanic quality is captured.

Davidsbundlertanze is also beautifully wrought. Everything is done in tempo, and the various moods captivated. You can tell that Biss really expends his energy in trying to play everything as well as possible.

The Appassionata is well-done and passionately conveyed. I at first thought that the accents were over-emphasized but on repeated listenings, I found they were done in good taste.

It's good to hear fresh young fingers in a world (of pianistic icons) that can become stale and stagnant.

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Best 2-Dimensional Pianist
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Great Music
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Tracks:

Fur Elise
Sonata In C, K.545: First Movement
Excerpt from Anna Magdalena Book Excerpts: March - Bach
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Excerpt from Anna Magdalena Book Excerpts: Musette - Bach
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German Dances Wo0 42:: No. 3 In F
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German Dances Wo0 42:: No. 5 In D
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Album for the Young: Knight Ruppert
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Album for the Young: German Song
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Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1, No. 1: Prelude (Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1, No. 1) - Bach
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Customer Reviews:

Best 2-Dimensional Pianist.......2006-03-21

I love this album. Besides the familiar theme song, there are many pieces which we all learn to play as children studying piano. It's great to hear them. A great gift for young people studying piano.

Best cd of its kind. Beautiful piano music........2006-02-25

I did not know what to expect when I ordered this cd. I ordered it primarily for the Lucy & Linus song but was pleasantly surprised with all the other selections of piano music. It is a cd of piano music that one would believe Schroeder would play. Classics from of course Beethovan and many other familiar favorites. I listen to this cd in the car and it is one of my favorite cd's.

Great Music.......2006-02-24

Wonderful music to live by. I play this in my car instead of listening to annoying radio chatter. It is a great collection that ends with the Charlie Brown theme that brings back great childhood memories

So happy to have this in my collection!.......2005-09-21

I had this cassette when I was a little girl...mom garage saled it accidentally and I had been missing it for a long time. Amazon was the only place I was able to find a copy of the CD and I was SOOO happy to see it in my mailbox. Just plain old piano classics...if you enjoy solo piano, this is a great one. Love it!

El Gruñon.......2005-03-02

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Most Relaxing Classical Piano Music in the Universe

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Solid collection of piano favorites

Most Relaxing Classical Piano Music in the Universe

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BACH Goldberg Variations, Aria
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MOZART Piano Concert No. 24, II. Larghetto
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TCHAIKOVSKY The Seasons, October: Song of Autumn
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SATIE Gymnopedie No. 1
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Solid collection of piano favorites.......2006-11-10

If you can gag your way past the album title, this is a most pleasant collection of beloved classical piano pieces that actually is relaxing, I suppose.

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This is a lovingly-presented and very touching recording. Solo piano works by such composers as Kabalevsky, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Schumann, and Ravel come together in this collection intended to promote restfulness and calm in both children and adult listeners. With Carol Rosenberger's gentle playing, it succeeds marvellously. This disc is absolutely ideal for bedtime or times of quiet reflection. It might serve well in the car during traffic jams, too. Rather than just throwing together performances packaged on a theme (as a number of record companies are doing), Delos and Rosenberger seem to have tailored the interpretations to achieve the desired musical goal here. The liner notes have a lively section just for young readers. --Gwendolyn Freed

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Music for Babies/Childrem

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"Real" classical music for little ones.......2003-02-27

I bought this CD for my elder son when he was tiny; he listened to it nightly (and often for afternoon naps), and his little brother is continuing the tradition. What I like best about this compilation is that this is REAL music - real Brahms, Mozart, etc - and not watered-down versions or arrangements of the classics (like the vast majority of "classical" compilations on the market these days). (I suppose I am just a crank about this, but I grew up listening to real music, and I want my kids to do the same.) The performances are gentle and understated - not what you would want in a concert, but just right for sedating a small one.

Very Relaxing, yet still super.......1999-06-16

This CD is just wonderful for babies and adults and children. It has a good blend of music to introduce children to beautiful classical music. I think that the playing is just superb.

Just what we harried ADULTS need to unwind!.......1999-02-12

An almost perfect combination of selections for relaxing background music, which is played frequently as our dinner music.

I would have appreciated a little less "electronic doctoring" as some notes (especially the lower range) don't sound quite "true", but then again it could be my ears!

Anyway, am delighted that it does what it was designed to do...provide an enjoyable time of relaxation. Thanks.

Beautiful bedtime music for babies.......1999-01-04

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Peaceful, beautiful, soothing piano music.......1998-10-22

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ASIN: B000003CYP
Release Date: 1992-11-17

Tracks:

Fur Elise
La Fileuse (The Spinner)
Nocturne
Nocturne
Prelude (Raindrop Prelude)
Waltz
Nocturne
To A Wild Rose
Romance
Scherzo
Melodie
Nocturne For The Left Hand Alone
Gymnopedie
Traumerei
Waltz
Rondo Alla Turca
Clair De Lune
Arabesque

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