Schumann: Piano Sonatas Nos 1-3; Fantasy in C

Francesco Piemontesi (Claves, two CDs)Claves's survey of Schumann's piano music is proceeding at a leisurely rate. The first instalment appeared more than three years ago and now, in bicentenary year, we have reached Volume Four, featuring the three sonatas and what is arguably Schumann's most successful work in sonata form, the great C major Fantasy. Rather than entrusting the whole series to a single pianist, the Swiss label has been assigning each release to a different player, this time the ...

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