performance · 31 min

Schumann: Piano Concerto | Martha Argerich, Riccardo Chailly & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

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A secret declaration of love? Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto has a motif running through it that turns a pseudonym of his wife Clara into music. Martha Argerich (piano) performs together with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under the direction of Riccardo Chailly. The concert took place in 2006 at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig/Germany. (00:00) I. Allegro affettuoso (15:01) II. Intermezzo (20:25) III. Allegro vivace The Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54 by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) is considered the most beautiful concerto for piano and orchestra of the Romantic period. Schumann initially struggled with composing a piano concerto. Three concertos remained unfinished, and with the work on one other he could not even progress beyond the first movement. The Phantasy in A minor for piano and orchestra, composed in 1841, also remained unsuccessful; even after several revisions, no publisher