Schumann - Davidsbundlertanze, op.6

[andhow04]

I plyed this almost a year ago in a concert tha featured frauenliebe und leben, and the mignon lieder op.98.  i didn't realize someone recordd it but they gave it to my recently.  

the recording quality is QuItE pOoR but anyhoo!

i mess up bad in the 3rd var. but that's about it.  i think it is becos i didn't practice it slowly...
Enjoy!

BOOK I

[andhow04]

BOOK II

[imbetter]

I've played this work myself recently. You do a very poetic job and never get to carried away with virtuosity which I think is the key when playing Schumann (poetry and not getting carred away).


Good job 

[rachfan]

Hi andhow,

Bravo!  I listened to both sets, and what a pleasure it was.  This is truly wonderful playing, contrasting the fiery and poetic moods of Florestan and Eusebius.  This music is very often difficult and requires a formidable technique which you readily provide within your artistry.  And so much music to memorize too! This is a huge accomplishment.  Awesome, andhow, really awesome!  

For a recital program, would you ever consider drawing certain contrasting numbers from this work and presenting them as a group, or do believe that DavidsB can only be played as a unified work?  In the past there have been varying thoughts on that.

This is a long work, but I hope more members here will take the time to listen to it all.

  

[andhow04]

Hi andhow,

Bravo!  I listened to both sets, and what a pleasure it was.  This is truly wonderful playing, contrasting the fiery and poetic moods of Florestan and Eusebius.  This music is very often difficult and requires a formidable technique which you readily provide within your artistry.  And so much music to memorize too! This is a huge accomplishment.  Awesome, andhow, really awesome!  

For a recital program, would you ever consider drawing certain contrasting numbers from this work and presenting them as a group, or do believe that DavidsB can only be played as a unified work?  In the past there have been varying thoughts on that.

This is a long work, but I hope more members here will take the time to listen to it all.

  

tahnx for the nice comments!  on second listen I don't like this as much, i make too many mistakse and the playing is not as strong as i would like.  Davidsbundler is one of the harder ones , i think because it is more awkward than piecesl ike carnaval or kreisleriana.  for instance that sixth movement with the presto-tarantella right hand is just a killer if it's not perfect, and  a lot of the octave passages are kind of crazy.  the accelerando right up to before the last waltz is very very very difficultt o pull off because the hands are arpeggiating huge spaces and leaping aceross the keyboard.

i never thought about excerpting it, except for the fact that the slow, ebautiful movemnt in e-flat from boko II which i play often for ppl, but notn ecesarily on a concert by itself.  because it ends with music from the beginning, i think its expected to play all of it!

thankx again