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composer: Robert Schumann
arranger: Aribert Reimann

Transcription for Soprano and String quartet, op. 107

by Aribert Reimann

Premiere: 31. August 1994 Traunsteiner Sommerkonzerte · Sopran: Christine Schäfer, Sopran · Auryn Quartett
Instrumentation: Soprano and String Quartet
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 10' 0''
Year of composition: 1994
Edition: score and parts
56 Pages
ISMN: 979-0-001-111
Order number: ED 8329

Price: 32,95 €

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Description:

In these lieder, Robert Schumann seems to mirror his life full of crises. The composition coincides with the ﬁrst signs of his illness. The picture of the drowning Ophelia evoked in the ﬁrst chant conjures up the image of his suicide attempt three years later. Aribert Reimann’s transcription seems to be opposed to Schumann’s endeavours to make stronger use of ‘the development of the accompanying instrument, the piano’. On the other hand, the complete integration of the vocal part in the musical setting of the string quartet conﬁrms Schumann’s assessment that the singing voice alone cannot ‘express everything; apart from the expression of the whole, even subtle nuances of the poem shall become apparent’. These transcriptions show Reimann’s sense of timbre and his many years of experience as a lied accompanist.

Content:

I Herzeleid · II Die Fensterscheibe · III Der Gärtner · IV Die Spinnerin · V Im Wald · VI Abendlied

Recordings:

... oder soll es Tod bedeuten? (2006)

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"... oder soll es Tod bedeuten?"
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Christine Schäfer (soprano) · Petersen Quartet
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Residenzschloss, Ordenssaal - Ludwigsburg - Germany

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