Le Turbulent

Intermezza op. 4 Roberta Schumanna (1810 - 1856) - niemieckiego kompozytora i pianisty okresu romantyzmu. Publikacja zawiera sześć miniatur na fortepian, a także szereg wskazówek wykonawczych Hansa Joachima Köhlera, który opracował niniejsze wydanie. Podstawą działalności kompozytorskiej Schumanna od początku był fortepian - aż do opusu dwudziestego trzeciego pisał on wyłącznie utwory na ten instrument. Intermezza Schumanna zawierają już elementy nowatorskiej wówczas techniki pianistycznej. Charakterystyczną cechą tych kompozycji - podobnie jak wielu innych dzieł romantyzmu - jest głęboki wyraz uczuciowy.

'Chopin had the fortunate idea of playing the Adagio [Romance. Larghetto] from his last Concerto. Placed between two orchestral compositions of a turbulent style, this enchanting work, in which irresistible charm is combined with most profound religious thought, submerged the listeners in a specific joy - serene and ecstatic - to which we have not become accustomed in a similar situation. All this differs greatly from the endless adagios, which usually fill the middle movement of a piano concerto; in this case, there is so much simplicity used with such freshness of imagination, that when the last note was heard, in the manner of a pearl cast into a golden vase, the audience, immersed in contemplation, continued to listen, and for a few moments restrained itself from applauding. In the same way, while observing the harmonious descent of crepusculat dimness at eventide, w remain motionless in the darkness, with our eyes still focused on that point of the horizon where the light has just faded".
Hector Berlioz, "Le Rénovateur", 3 (IV), 5 January 1835.

Lista utworów:
Koncert e-moll op. 11 (Chopin Fryderyk)

'Chopin had the fortunate idea of playing the Adagio [Romance. Larghetto] from his last Concerto. Placed between two orchestral compositions of a turbulent style, this enchanting work, in which irresistible charm is combined with most profound religious thought, submerged the listeners in a specific joy - serene and ecstatic - to which we have not become accustomed in a similar situation. All this differs greatly from the endless adagios, which usually fill the middle movement of a piano concerto; in this case, there is so much simplicity used with such freshness of imagination, that when the last note was heard, in the manner of a pearl cast into a golden vase, the audience, immersed in contemplation, continued to listen, and for a few moments restrained itself from applauding. In the same way, while observing the harmonious descent of crepusculat dimness at eventide, w remain motionless in the darkness, with our eyes still focused on that point of the horizon where the light has just faded".
Hector Berlioz, "Le Rénovateur", 3 (IV), 5 January 1835.

Lista utworów:
Koncert e-moll op. 11 (Chopin Fryderyk)