Complete Chamber Music with Piano : Le Sage(P)Nikolitch, Coin, Queyras, P.Meyer, etc (7CD)

Complete Chamber Music with Piano

Eric Le Sage, piano

With the participation of:
Francois Leleux, oboe
Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello
Antoine Tamestit, viola
Paul Meyer, clarinet
Bruno Schneider, horn
Gordan Nikolitch, violin
Francois Salque, cello
Victor Julien-Laferriere, cello
Frank Braley, piano
Denis Pascal, piano
Christophe Coin, cello
Daishin Kashimoto, violin 2
Lise Berthaud, viola

Schumann's chamber compositions are undoubtedly among the most important European works of the nineteenth century. Robert Schumann (1810-1856) was the archetypal Romantic composer, a man with unbounded imagination, who mastered almost every genre of his time. His chamber music, which may be regarded as an extension of his piano music, enabled him to explore the construction of his works.

This new box-set from ALPHA (seven CDs) presents for the first time Schumann's complete chamber music with piano, played by one of the great Schumann interpreters, who has been exploring this world with great success since 2005: Eric Le Sage. The pianist is joined here by outstanding musicians Paul Meyer, Francois Salque, Franck Braley, Antoine Tamesit and others, who enable the listener to appreciate to the full these masterful works, written by genius of German Romanticism. ( Alpha )