A Tribute to Bach : selected pieces from Kinderszenen, Waldscenen, Für die Jugend, etc.)
Andreas Staier
1h12
Digital
HMC901989
Apple Music
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 Érard piano with an ideal timbre, is played by a passionate admirer of these two masters of the keyboard.