Hommage a Bach -Piano Works : Staier

ROBERT SCHUMANN:
"Hommage a Bach" A Tribute

Kinderszenen op.15
Album fur die Jugend op.68 (Nrs. 4, 14, 23, 27, 28, 30, 34, 42)
Vier Stucke op.32
Sieben Stucke in Fughettenform op.126 (Nrs. 4, 5, 6, 7)
Waldszenen op.82

Andreas Staier, piano (Erard, 1837)

Digtal Recording: 08/2007

For Schumann, Bach was the supreme benchmark. He saw in his great predecessor not merely a genius of the past, but a vital source for his art, and sought both inspiration and psychological stability in Bach’s music.
Schumann paid tribute to his mentor in many different ways: writing chorales and fugues like Bach, borrowing his themes, or playing on the four notes which form his name, B-A-C-H.
This programme, recorded on an Erard piano with an ideal timbre, is played by a passionate admirer of these two masters of the keyboard. Pour Schumann, Bach etait la reference absolue. ( Harmonia Mundi France )