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Robert & Clara Schumann: Works for Oboe and Piano

August 26, 2024, 6:00 am

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Clara Schumann

One of Britain’s best-known musicians, Nicholas Daniel has premiered hundreds of works for the oboe and made many critically acclaimed recordings. Daniel’s program with pianist Julius Drake features a wide selection of chamber music by Robert Schumann, alongside the Three Romances, Op. 22 by Clara Schumann. At the time these pieces were written, there was a rapidly growing interest in …

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Mendelssohn

August 19, 2024, 6:00 am

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Isata Kanneh Mason, wearing gold, poses on a settee

Isata Kanneh-Mason’s fourth solo album on Decca presents music by both Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn. Most is for solo piano including arrangements of selections from Felix’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, and a pair of Songs without Words; and, new to the library, Fanny’s four movement Easter Sonata. The centerpiece work is Felix’s glittering Piano Concerto No. 1 performed with the London …