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Carnaval, Op. 9 / Waldszenen Op. 82 / Arabesque, Op. 18
Robert Schumann

Alexander Kobrin

Carnaval, Op. 9 / Waldszenen Op. 82 / Arabesque, Op. 18

Format: CD
Label: Centaur Records, Inc.
UPC: 0044747336527
Catnr: CRC 3365
Release date: 24 October 2014
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Label
Centaur Records, Inc.
UPC
0044747336527
Catalogue number
CRC 3365
Release date
24 October 2014
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Pianist Alexander Kobrin, born in Russia in 1980 and now based in the U.S. is an internationally acclaimed pianist who, among other honors, is a former winner of the Gold Medal Prize in the heralded Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. This Centaur release features Mr. Kobrin’s in an all-Schumann program, opening with one of the composer’s finest of several piano masterpieces that comprise Schumann’s first two dozen or so published works, Carnaval, op. 9, followed by Waldszenen, op. 82, which contains the wondrous Vogel als Prophet, and concludes with the op. 18 Arabesque.

Artist(s)

Alexander Kobrin

BBC Russia named Alexander Kobrin the “Van Cliburn of today”, putting him in the front row of musicians of his generation. Internationally acclaimed pianist Alexander Kobrin was born in 1980 in Moscow. At the age of 5 he entered the Gnessin’s Special School of Music, where he completed his studies with prof. Tatiana Zelikman, and went on to further his skills at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with prof. Lev Naumov. Alexander Kobrin is the winner of numerous international piano competitions - notably the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He was also the winner of Busoni, Hamamatsu, and Glasgow International Piano Competitions. Since receiving the Gold Medal at the 12th Van Cliburn Competition in June 2005, Alexander has solidified his reputation with...
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BBC Russia named Alexander Kobrin the “Van Cliburn of today”, putting him in the front row of musicians of his generation.

Internationally acclaimed pianist Alexander Kobrin was born in 1980 in Moscow. At the age of 5 he entered the Gnessin’s Special School of Music, where he completed his studies with prof. Tatiana Zelikman, and went on to further his skills at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with prof. Lev Naumov. Alexander Kobrin is the winner of numerous international piano competitions - notably the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He was also the winner of Busoni, Hamamatsu, and Glasgow International Piano Competitions. Since receiving the Gold Medal at the 12th Van Cliburn Competition in June 2005, Alexander has solidified his reputation with an outstanding first tour of the United States. Past performances include recitals at Bass Hall for the Cliburn Series and the Washington Performing Arts Society, followed by further debuts at La Roque d’Anthéron, the Ravinia Festival, the Beethoven Easter Festival, the Hannover Prize Winners Series, the Enescu International Festival in Bucharest, and the Klavier-Festival Ruhr, with critics praising his “interpretative musicianship [and] considerable insight,” and his “elegance, grace, and spirit.”

Alexander Kobrin has collaborated with many of the world’s major orchestras such as New York Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, Belgrade Philharmonic, English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Verdi, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Moscow Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, Berliner Symphony, Chicago Sinfonietta, Birmingham Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic, Russian National Orchestra and many others. He has also collaborated with numerous leading conductors including Mikhail Pletnev, Mikhail Jurovsky, Mark Elder, Vassiliy Sinaisky, James Conlon, Claus Peter Flor, Eiji Oue, Alexander Lazarev, Yuri Bashmet.
His appearances worldwide have featured recital tours in Europe, Asia and US, including annual tours in Japan and China, and performances in major halls, such as Louvre Auditorium and Salle Cortot in Paris, Wigmore Hall and Albert Hall in London, Munich Herkulesaal and Berliner Filarmonia Hall, Kennedy Centre in Washington, Avery Fisher Hall in New York, the Great Hall at the Moscow Conservatory, Sheung Wan Civic Centre in Hong Kong, as well as the Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore, Sala Verdi in Milan… He also performed with the Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony, Ulster Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, KBS Symphony and the BBC Symphony Orchestras. In the US, he has performed with the Fort Worth Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Florida West Coast Symphony, Fox Valley Symphony, Fairbanks Symphony, Flagstaff Symphony, Hartford Symphony, and Columbus Symphony Orchestras among others.

Alexander Kobrin’s debut with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall and the inaugural concert of the Bethel Woods Arts Centre was hugely successful; critics praised his “lyricism, which he couched in a thoughtfully shaped, singing line,” noting, “when he addressed the barnstorming passages on their own terms, he did so with a steely edge and ample - if thoroughly controlled - force.” Other noteworthy critical acclaims include reviews in New York Times and Gramophone Magazine - describing his playing as “memorably personal and stylish” and “hypnotic.” Alexander showed the strength of music in yet another way in 2005, when he was the first to give a charity recital in New Orleans, Louisiana after hurricane Katrina.

Though acclaimed as a performer, Alexander Kobrin, as a teacher, has been a true inspiration to students through his passion for music. He served on the faculty of the Gnessin’s Academy of Music from 2003 to 2010. Since 2006 he has been on the faculty of the IKIF at Mannes College of Music, and is now the “L.Rexford Whiddon Distinguished Chair in Piano” at Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University. In 2013, he joins the Artist Faculty of Steinhardt School for Piano Studies at New York University.

Alexander Kobrin also regularly undertakes recording projects, working with various labels from Quartz and King Records to Harmonia Mundi and Centaur Records.

"A pianist of wide culture, with a keen intelligence, sensitivity, open-mindedness and imagination in keeping with his extraordinary virtuosity", Frédéric D’Oria-Nicolas is "an exceptional, subtle, powerful and elegant pianist" Classiquenews, "a master of symphonic storms and images" Midi-libre, The intelligence of his programs, his generous personality and the particularly warm contact which he maintains with his audience do make him an exceptional artist.


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Composer(s)

Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He had been assured by his teacher Friedrich Wieck that he could become the finest pianist in Europe, but a hand injury ended this dream. Schumann then focused his musical energies on composing. Schumann's published compositions were written exclusively for the piano until 1840; he later composed works for piano and orchestra; many Lieder (songs for voice and piano); four symphonies; an opera; and other orchestral, choral, and chamber works. Works such as Carnaval, Symphonic Studies, Kinderszenen, Kreisleriana, and the Fantasie in...
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Robert Schumann was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He had been assured by his teacher Friedrich Wieck that he could become the finest pianist in Europe, but a hand injury ended this dream. Schumann then focused his musical energies on composing.
Schumann's published compositions were written exclusively for the piano until 1840; he later composed works for piano and orchestra; many Lieder (songs for voice and piano); four symphonies; an opera; and other orchestral, choral, and chamber works. Works such as Carnaval, Symphonic Studies, Kinderszenen, Kreisleriana, and the Fantasie in C are among his most famous. His writings about music appeared mostly in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (New Journal for Music), a Leipzig-based publication which he jointly founded.
In 1840, Schumann married Friedrich Wieck's daughter Clara, against the wishes of her father, following a long and acrimonious legal battle, which found in favour of Clara and Robert. Clara also composed music and had a considerable concert career as a pianist, the earnings from which, before her marriage, formed a substantial part of her father's fortune.
Schumann suffered from a mental disorder, first manifesting itself in 1833 as a severe melancholic depressive episode, which recurred several times alternating with phases of ‘exaltation’ and increasingly also delusional ideas of being poisoned or threatened with metallic items. After a suicide attempt in 1854, Schumann was admitted to a mental asylum, at his own request, in Endenich near Bonn. Diagnosed with "psychotic melancholia", Schumann died two years later in 1856 without having recovered from his mental illness.

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01.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 1, Preambule
02:18
02.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 2, Pierrot
02:24
03.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 3, Arlequin
01:07
04.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 4, Valse noble
02:06
05.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 5, Eusebius
02:03
06.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 6, Florestan
01:07
07.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 7, Coquette
01:59
08.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 8, Replique
01:14
09.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 9, Sphinxes
00:34
10.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 10. Papillons
00:44
11.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 11, ASCH - SCHA (Lettres dansantes)
00:59
12.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 12, Chiarina
01:31
13.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 13, Chopin
01:09
14.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 14, Estrella
00:26
15.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 15, Reconnaissance
01:52
16.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 16, Pantalon et Colombine
00:58
17.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 17, Valse allemande
01:13
18.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 18, Intermezzo. Paganini
01:40
19.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 19, Aveu
01:35
20.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 20, Promenade
02:21
21.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 21, Pause
00:17
22.
Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 22, Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins
03:56
23.
Waldscenen, Op. 82: No. 1, Eintritt
02:16
24.
Waldscenen, Op. 82: No. 2, Jäger auf der Lauer
01:22
25.
Waldscenen, Op. 82: No. 3, Einsame Blumen
02:18
26.
Waldscenen, Op. 82: No. 4, Verrufene Stelle
03:58
27.
Waldscenen, Op. 82, No. 5, Freundliche Landschaft
01:12
28.
Waldscenen, Op. 82: No. 6, Herberge
01:42
29.
Waldscenen, Op. 82: No. 7, Vogel als Prophet
03:24
30.
Waldscenen, Op. 82: No. 8, Jagdlied
02:34
31.
Waldscenen, Op. 82: No. 9, Abschied
03:37
32.
Arabesque in C Major, Op. 18
07:19
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