The complete Schumann chamber music? On just seven discs? Is that really possible? In fact, it is. Brilliant, the enterprising Dutch label, has released all the chamber music of Robert Schumann: the three string quartets, the three violin sonatas, the three piano trios plus the piano quartet, and the piano quintet along with the Romanzen, the Phantasiestücke, the Märchenbilder, the Märchenerzählung, two versions each of the Adagio & Allegro and the Fantasiestücke, plus the endlessly charming Fünf Stücke im Volkston.The ...
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The complete Schumann chamber music? On just seven discs? Is that really possible? In fact, it is. Brilliant, the enterprising Dutch label, has released all the chamber music of Robert Schumann: the three string quartets, the three violin sonatas, the three piano trios plus the piano quartet, and the piano quintet along with the Romanzen, the Phantasiestücke, the Märchenbilder, the Märchenerzählung, two versions each of the Adagio & Allegro and the Fantasiestücke, plus the endlessly charming Fünf Stücke im Volkston.The performances are a mixed bag. The biggest pieces -- the string quartets and the piano quartet and quintet -- come off the best in robust and spirited performances by the Alberni Quartet with pianist Thomas Rajna. Of the three string soloists, ardent and adroit violinist Ara Malikian suits the sonatas like a Versace while violist Jolanta Bartosiak's playing is witty but perhaps too droll and cellist Marek Jerie's tone is solid in the bottom and a bit thin on the top. The Märchenerzählung...
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