Clara, Robert, Johannes: Atmosphere and Mastery Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra & Alexander Shelley

• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, "Rhenish", Op. 97:
• 1 Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, "Rhenish", Op. 97: I. Lebhaft 09:41
• 2 Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, "Rhenish", Op. 97: II. Scherzo 05:59
• 3 Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, "Rhenish", Op. 97: III. Nicht schnell 05:11
• 4 Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, "Rhenish", Op. 97: IV. Feierlich 05:09
• 5 Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, "Rhenish", Op. 97: V. Lebhaft 05:50
• Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896): Am Strande:
• 6 Schumann: Am Strande 02:32
• An einem Lichten Morgen, Op. 23, No. 2:
• 7 Schumann: An einem Lichten Morgen, Op. 23, No. 2 03:00
• Lorelei:
• 8 Schumann: Lorelei 02:45
• Quatre pièces fugitives, Op. 15:
• 9 Schumann: Quatre pièces fugitives, Op. 15: No. 1, Larghetto 02:34
• 10 Schumann: Quatre pièces fugitives, Op. 15: No. 2, Un poco agitato 02:01
• 11 Schumann: Quatre pièces fugitives, Op. 15: No. 3, Andante espressivo 05:24
• Piano Sonata in G Minor:
• 12 Schumann: Piano Sonata in G Minor: I. Allegro 09:09
• 13 Schumann: Piano Sonata in G Minor: II. Adagio 02:41
• 14 Schumann: Piano Sonata in G Minor: III. Scherzo 02:35
• 15 Schumann: Piano Sonata in G Minor: IV. Rondo 05:59
• Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90:
• 16 Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: I. Allegro con brio 13:29
• 17 Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: II. Andante 09:20
• 18 Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto 06:38
• 19 Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: IV. Allegro - Un poco sostenuto 09:20
• Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17:
• 20 Schumann: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17: I. Allegro moderato 09:49
• 21 Schumann: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17: II. Scherzo - Tempo di Menuetto 04:51
• 22 Schumann: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17: III. Andante più animato 05:18
• 23 Schumann: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17: IV. Allegretto 07:15
• Total Runtime 02:16:30

Info for Clara, Robert, Johannes: Atmosphere and Mastery

This is the third of four albums to be released that will form a recording cycle that explores the closely intertwined personal and artistic connections between three musical giants: Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Robert Schumann’s and Johannes Brahms’ symphonies will be paired and combined with Clara Schumann’s chamber works and orchestral pieces, including some special gems. “I have always loved these symphonies and saw many links between them. It has always been my dream to record them and release them together. No story of these two composers is complete without Clara, as famous in her lifetime as her husband, and a strong influence on both Robert and Johannes. We crafted this vision with Clara Schumann scholar Julie Pedneault-Deslauriers, to combine the symphonies with pieces by Clara in ways that provide an insightful narrative to the intertwined lives and works of these three Romantics.” (Alexander Shelley)

Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
Liz Upchurch, piano
Stewart Goodyear, piano
Gabriela Montero, piano
Yosuke Kawasaki, violin
Rachel Mercer, cello
Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra
Alexander Shelley, conductor

Alexander Shelley
is Music Director of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra and Principal Associate Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also Artistic Director of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen’s ECHO and Deutsche Gründerpreis winning “Zukunftslabor”. In August 2017 Alexander concluded his tenure as Chief Conductor of the Nürnberger Symphoniker, a position he held since September 2009. The partnership was hailed by press and audience alike as a golden era for the orchestra, where he transformed the ensemble’s playing, education work and international touring activities.

Unanimous winner of the 2005 Leeds Conductor’s Competition, he has since worked regularly with the leading orchestras of Europe, North America, Asia and Australasia, including the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, NDR Orchester Hannover, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Gothenburg Symphony, Stockholm Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic and Milwaukee, Melbourne and New Zealand Symphony Orchestras.

Alexander’s operatic engagements have included The Merry Widow and Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet (Den Kongelige Opera); La Bohème (Opera Lyra/National Arts Centre), Iolanta (Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen), Così fan Tutte (Opéra national de Montpellier) and The Marriage of Figaro (Opera North) in 2015. In 2017 he led a co-production of Harry Somers’ Louis Riel with the NACO and Canadian Opera Company.

Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra
is a world class ensemble of musicians from across Canada and the world, under the inspiring leadership of Music Director Alexander Shelley.

Formed in 1969, the orchestra gives about 100 performances a year in Ottawa, across Canada and around the globe, working with diverse artists of international renown. It breaks boundaries with its regular commissions of new creations including the critically-acclaimed, immersive Life Reflected.

Askonas Holt collaborated with the NAC for the first time in 2019, on a nine-date European tour celebrating the orchestra’s 50th anniversary. In addition to symphonic concerts in Saffron Walden, London, Utrecht, Copenhagen and Stockholm, the orchestra presented the extraordinary Life Reflected to audiences in Paris and Gothenburg.

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