Two key works of the “piano decade”: Jimin Oh-Havenith takes on the fulfilling task of shaping Schumann’s language, rich in contrast and held together by subtle links, into a poetic cosmos.more
"With a fine touch, clever phrasing, and a great deal of sensitivity, she [Jimin Oh-Havenith] approaches this multi-layered music, which is not only explored in all its complexity, but also brilliantly and excitingly played in rich contrast." (Pizzicato)
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article number: | 20.051 |
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EAN barcode: | 4022143200518 |
price group: | BCA |
release date: | 3. November 2023 |
total time: | 69 min. |
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In the second installment of her recordings of Robert Schumann's piano music, Jimin Oh-Havenith juxtaposes two key works from the famous "piano decade" of 1830-1840: the Kreisleriana op. 16 from 1838 and the Humoreske op. 20, composed a year later. In these pieces, Schumann pays homage to his two most important literary models, E.T.A. Hoffmann and Jean Paul. While in the Kreisleriana, he merges suite and character piece into a fantastic collage of images, following the traces of Hoffmann's alter ego, the ingeniously eccentric Kapellmeister Kreisler, the Humoreske is designed like an essay in tones. Here, Schumann congenially implements Jean Paul's definition of humour as bridging the opposites of "Gemüt" (emotion) and "Witz" (wit) that shape and tear the human apart. For every interpreter, it becomes an equally challenging and fulfilling task to shape Schumann's language, rich in contrast and held together by subtle links, into a poetic cosmos.
Reviews
Piano News | 1/2024 | Carsten Dürer | January 1, 2024
Oh-Havenith geht die "Kreisleriana" vehement an und kann auch schon in den kommenden Stücken dieses so emotionalen Zyklus' wunderbar hören lassen, wie transparent und technisch versiert sie diese Musik zu greifen versteht. [...] Oh-Havenith macht alles richtig, tariert aus und spielt mit Effekt und EinfühlungsvermögenMehr lesen
www.pizzicato.lu | 03/11/2023 | Remy Franck | November 3, 2023 | source: https://www.pizz... Spannender Schumann
Die „Kreisleriana“, zu der Schumann sich durch die skurrile Figur des Kapellmeisters Kreisler von E.T.A. Hoffmann inspirieren ließ und die auchMehr lesen
In der „Humoreske“ stellt Jimin Oh-Havenith die wechselnden Stimmungen dieses Werkes des jungen Schumanns sehr detailliert dar. Sie überzeugt durch ein poetisches, aber gleichzeitig auch spontanes Spiel, das ein natürliches Verhältnis zu Schumanns Musik deutlich macht. Mit feinem Anschlag, kluger Phrasierung und viel Sensibilität geht sie diese vielschichtige Musik an, die nicht nur in ihrer ganzen Komplexität ausgelotet, sondern auch brillant und spannend kontrastreich gespielt wird.
Die melodische Zärtlichkeit wird dabei nie von Melancholie verschleiert, die dramatische Kraft der schnelleren Passagen zerstört nie die bewegende Atmosphäre, die von den langsamen Teilen geschaffen wird. Vielleicht ist es gerade diese gute Mischung aus Strenge und Poesie, die dieser Interpretation einen so überzeugenden Charakter verleiht.
English translation:
The “Kreisleriana”, for which Schumann was inspired by the whimsical character of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s Kapellmeister Kreisler and which also depicts himself and his Clara, opens this program by pianist Jimin Oh-Havenith at audite. She contrasts Schumann’s Opus 16 between virtuosic playfulness and the utmost tenderness in its two-pronged approach. However, the interpreter does not make a psychoanalytical study out of it; she exaggerates the drama just as little as the poetry. Thus, the core of the composition remains intact.
In the “Humoreske”, Jimin Oh-Havenith portrays the changing moods of this work by the young Schumann in detail. She convinces with poetic, but at the same time spontaneous playing, which makes clear a natural relationship to Schumann’s music. With a fine touch, clever phrasing, and a great deal of sensitivity, she approaches this multi-layered music, which is not only explored in all its complexity, but also brilliantly and excitingly played in rich contrast.
The melodic tenderness is never obscured by melancholy, the dramatic power of the faster passages never destroys the moving atmosphere created by the slower parts. Perhaps it is precisely this good mixture of austerity and poetry that gives this interpretation such a convincing character.
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