Works by Schumann: Carnaval, Sonatas, C major Fantasy, etc.

[the89thkey]

What Schumann pieces do you like? I think for me it's a tie between the F# minor sonata Opus 11 and Carnaval. I am going to try and learn the other sonatas but I've got a big load of repertoire on my hands now and a concert in 5 days, so I won't be able to get to it for a while unfortunately.

[49410enrique]

[j_menz]

I rather like her Variations on a Theme of Bellini

[thesixthsensemusic]

That's a tricky question for me, being a big Schumann-fan.

I'd say his piano concerto and the Davidsbündlertänze are my favourites. Carnaval is epic too, just as the Fantasy and the Geistervariationen by the way. Unfortunately many of his works are very difficult to perform. Personally I believe he ranks with Beethoven, Chopin, Alkan, and Liszt, amongst the big 5 of piano composers. Too bad he never got to perform any of his own works written past 1832, due to his right hand injury...

[the89thkey]

That's a tricky question for me, being a big Schumann-fan.

I'd say his piano concerto and the Davidsbündlertänze are my favourites. Carnaval is epic too, just as the Fantasy and the Geistervariationen by the way. Unfortunately many of his works are very difficult to perform. Personally I believe he ranks with Beethoven, Chopin, Alkan, and Liszt, amongst the big 5 of piano composers. Too bad he never got to perform any of his own works written past 1832, due to his right hand injury...

Interesting. I think he is number 5 or 6 on the list. Looks something like Rachmaninov, Liszt, Chopin, Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert, Ravel, Debussy, Mozart, Haydn, Bach, in roughly that order.