Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 - Schumann Misc including Pascal Rogé

including Pascal Rogé

As always in Henle’s Bartók editions

at least for your life with the cello

This is one of Schumann’s most popular piano cycles which is highly ranked in Romantic piano literature

This somber opening movement is followed by a harmonically far-reaching Andante which develops an expressive cantilena above an almost ubiquitous theme in the bass

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 - Schumann Misc including Pascal RogéAs did many piano virtuosi at the time, Robert Schumann also dreamt of presenting himself to the public simultaneously as a pianist and composer with his own piano concerto. He had made several first attempts at an early age. In the years that followed he felt himself increasingly drawn towards the idea of a freer formal conception. The sketch of a single movement Phantasie finally became the opening movement of the famous work, that is now being