Alexander Romanovsky plays Schumann • Études Symphoniques Op 13

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Études Symphoniques Op. 13 and 5 posthumous variations • 00:00 - Thema • 01:51 - Etude I • 03:02 - Variation I • 04:51 - Etude II • 07:59 - Etude III • 09:17 - Etude IV • 10:14 - Etude V • 11:34 - Variation II • 13:57 - Variation III • 15:32 - Variation IV • 18:33 - Etude VI • 19:28 - Etude VII • 20:44 - Etude VIII • 23:05 - Etude IX • 23:47 - Etude X • 25:16 - Etude XI • 28:10 - Variation V • 30:38 - Etude XII - Finale • The Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13, is a set of études for solo piano by Robert Schumann. It began in 1834 as a theme and sixteen variations on a theme by Baron von Fricken, plus a further variation on an entirely different theme by Heinrich Marschner. Leaving aside the allusions to Florestan and Eusebius, all of Schumann's proposed titles show some of the essential character of Op. 13's conception. This was of 'studies' in the sense that the term had assumed in Frédéric Chopin's Op. 10, that is to say, concert pieces in which the investigation of possibilities of technique and timbre in writing for the piano is carried out; they are 'symphonic études' through the wealth and complexity of the colours evoked – the keyboard becomes an orchestra capable of blending, contrasting or superimposing different timbres. The Etudes are considered to be one of the most difficult works for piano by Schumann (together with his Fantasy in C and Toccata) and in Romantic literature as a whole. • Alexander Romanovsky, piano • Romanovsky (b. 1984), Ukrainian pianist; in 2001, at the age of 17, he won first prize in the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, Italy. Since then he started a distinguished career throughout Europe, as well as in Japan, Hong Kong and the United States. His first CD, devoted to works of Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann, was produced in 2007. A second CD, devoted to the works of Sergei Rachmaninoff, followed in 2009. • Recorded live at XIV Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow, 2011. • #alexanderromanovsky #schumann

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