The Imagination of Robert Schumann, Part 1

[@pianosemigod]

really good presentation...thanks so much

[@cuckoomusic6465]

Hi! Dr.Wachter, can you tell me what the quotes come from? they are great, but I need to cite where they come from, Thank you

[@debwagner7505]

Seriously nice piano performances and recording!

[@robaxl3088]

excellent video!

[@drale75]

Wonderful job Thank you

[@drale75]

I'm a big Schumann fan I've played g minor sonata op.22

[@SCRIABINIST]

Congratulations. Schumann's Sonatas are revelatory if played well

[@luigipati3815]

excellent, love these lectures! However, I disagree about how we 'should thank Fate that.....'. Fate shattered EVERY one of his dreams, one by one. Had he lived long and be well, he would have done a TON more. Same thing applies to Schubert, Mozart, and even Beethoven. Artists do best when they are empowered, not when disempowered. When their life is ok for the most part, not when it is maimed and killed by a hundred evils. We should rather say: 'fortunately, we have the little they have done given their impossible circumstances'.

[@debwagner7505]

But consider how much of their greatest music (very obviously with Beethoven) came from "push back" against adversity. Not a little of it.

[@huongnguyen9131]

Very good and funny videos bring a great sense of entertainment!

[@felixdevilliers1]

I found this talk very interesting, Maybe I am wrong in thinking she was a b it heavy handed, in particular with some loud chord at the beginning. I remember Clara telling her pupils that forte chords should never b banged.

[@oneirdaathnaram1376]

Why is someone a "Steinway artist" and not simply and purely an "artist on its own"? Does Steinway own some artists? Is that modern slavery? What do they get for being bought? What freedoms to they give up to be a Steinway artist? Is it an honour to be a Steinway artist or is it rather frowned upon?

[@LaurentPingaultLyon]

Rachmaninov has received offers from several piano manufacturers. He chose Steinway for the rest of his life, although it was the only one who didn't offered him any retribution !

[@oneirdaathnaram1376]

@@LaurentPingaultLyon Interesting information, thank you. For some kind of music, a Steinway might be the right choice. When one needs power and impact, a Steinway can do it. Personally I prefer the sound of a Fazioli or a Bösendörfer or a Bechstein, though. The Steinways are clanging too much in my ears 😬 . Many dear greetings to you 👋