Robert Schumann

Fantasy Op. 17, Arabesque Op. 18, Symphonic Etudes Op. 13

Sergei Edelmann

Label: Triton (JP)
Format: SACD hybrid
Barcode: 4526977050252

Catalog number: EXCL 25
Releasedate: 10-05-11

Among series of recordings by Sergei Edelmann for TRITON, this disc features Schumann's masterpieces such as Fantasy or Symphonic Etudes, emotionally romantic and structurally formative. Mr.Edelmann, who had once released numerous recordings for RCA, after long silence from the recording market, totally came back with series of splendid recordings for TRITON showing his matured pianism at its culmination. (from the CD linernote by Anthony Burton © 2011)

A mature master in music
Hybrid (CD SACD 2ch)
After some years of recording silence and devoting time to teaching Edelmann is back in the studio!
Former BMG Classics/RCA Red Seal recording artist is totally back with new recorded material!
Edelmann worked with famous orchestras, conductors and on festivals all over the world
A virtuose pianist to the bone, and master in conveying the deeper meaning of the composer
Edelmann has appeared with the Cleveland Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra at the Carnegie Hall, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Washington National Symphony Orchestra (at the invitation of Mstislav Rostropovich), the Toronto Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, Jerusalem Symphony, Orchestra Verdi in Milano with Vladimir Yurovsky, the Rotterdam Philharmonic with Valery Gergiev, etc.
Sergei Edelmann is a winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the Gina Bachauer Memorial Scholarship at Juilliard, and a major prizewinner of Belgium’s Queen Elizabeth International Competition. Mr.Edelmann is also the recipient of the prestigious 92nd Street YM-YWHA’s Shura Cherkassky Recital Award

“Robert Schumann trained as a pianist until suffering from a hand injury, and later fell in love with Clara Wieck, the daughter of his teacher, who was to become one of the foremost concert pianists of her time; after overcoming her father’s opposition, they were eventually married in 1840. Not surprisingly, nearly all the works he composed up to that time, including his first 23 publications with opus numbers, were for solo piano. Much of this music makes exacting demands on the player’s technique, without necessarily sounding like virtuoso display music; all of it is full of innovative textures and sonorities, often placed within freshly invented forms and even genres...”
(from the CD linernote by Anthony Burton © 2011)

Fantasy in C major,Op.17 : 1 Sempre Fantasticamente ed appassionatamente