Schumann: Dichterliebe; Liederkreis Op 24; Lachner – review

Padmore/Bezuidenhout(Harmonia Mundi)While Mark Padmore has been recording Schubert's song cycles with pianist Paul Lewis using a modern concert grand, on his first disc of Schumann Lieder he has opted to be accompanied by a period instrument. Like Andreas Staier on his Harmonia Mundi disc of Schumann's solo piano works released last year, Kristian Bezuidenhout plays an 1837 Erard, not a make of piano particularly associated with Robert or Clara Schumann, but giving the kind of clarity and crisp ...

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