Artist: Claire Désert
Album: Schumann: Études symphoniques, Op. 13 – Études sur un thème de Beethoven, WoO 31 & Geistervariationen, WoO 24
Genre: Classique
Release Date: 2021
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 192 kHz
Duration: 01:08:43
Total Tracks: 40
Total Size: 2,00 GB

Tracklist:

1-1. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Thème. Andante (01:26)
1-2. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude I. Un poco più vivo (01:16)
1-3. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude II (02:47)
1-4. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude III. Vivace (01:30)
1-5. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude IV (01:00)
1-6. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude V (01:24)
1-7. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude VI. Agitato (00:57)
1-8. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude VII. Allegro molto (01:12)
1-9. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Étude VIII (02:35)
1-10. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Étude IX. Presto possibile (00:40)
1-11. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude X (01:17)
1-12. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude XI (02:12)
1-13. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Étude XII. Allegro brillante (07:25)
1-14. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Variation posthume No. 1 (02:05)
1-15. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Variation posthume No. 2 (02:14)
1-16. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Variation posthume No. 3 (01:42)
1-17. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Variation posthume No. 4 (03:45)
1-18. Claire Désert – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Variation posthume No. 5 (03:54)
1-19. Claire Désert – Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: Thème (After 7th Symphony’s second movement) (01:00)
1-20. Claire Désert – Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: Étude 1: Un poco maestoso (00:53)
1-21. Claire Désert – Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: Étude 2 (00:28)
1-22. Claire Désert – Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: Étude 3 (00:50)
1-23. Claire Désert – Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: Étude A7 (01:26)
1-24. Claire Désert – Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: Étude 7 (01:31)
1-25. Claire Désert – Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: Étude 6. Presto (00:45)
1-26. Claire Désert – Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: Étude 5 (02:05)
1-27. Claire Désert – Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: Étude A6. Passionato (00:43)
1-28. Claire Désert – Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: Étude 4. Molto moderato (01:15)
1-29. Claire Désert – Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: Étude A11. Legato teneramente (00:40)
1-30. Claire Désert – Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: Étude B5. Cantando (00:55)
1-31. Claire Désert – Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: Étude B4 (01:10)
1-32. Claire Désert – Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: Étude A10. Prestissimo (00:40)
1-33. Claire Désert – Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: Étude B7 (00:37)
1-34. Claire Désert – Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: Étude B3 (01:54)
1-35. Claire Désert – Tema. Leise, innig (01:42)
1-36. Claire Désert – Variation 1 (01:30)
1-37. Claire Désert – Variation 2. Canonisch (01:38)
1-38. Claire Désert – Variation 33. Etwas belebter (02:06)
1-39. Claire Désert – Variation 4 (01:59)
1-40. Claire Désert – Variation 5 (03:14)

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From one recording to the next, French pianist Claire D’esert continues her exploration of Schumann’s piano works with a new album focussed on the variation genre. She explores the manifold, elusive moods found in the “Symphonic Studies”, the “Etudes in Variation form on a Theme of Beethoven” and the “Geistervariationen” (Ghost Variations), like a diary of the composer. From a tribute to Beethoven to the ultimate variations composed right before sinking into the Rhine, it is all Romanticism that is sung by Schumann’s piano, with its breaks and ideals.