New Release ‘Schumann Cello’ On Move Records

Cellist Zoe Knighton pianist Amir Farid have a released a new CD, Schumann Cello on the Move label. The 23-track CD features three collection by Clara Schumann and two by Robert Schumann.

This is the sixth recording collaboration by Knighton and Farid. Zoe Knighton is a founding member of Flinders Quartet and a passionate pedagogue; Farid is a distinguished soloist and accompanist. Both have a substantial discography on the Move label.

The two Schumanns, Robert and Clara, were the most celebrated music couple of the 19th
century. They met as children when Robert was having piano lessons with Clara’s father, Friedrich
Wieck. Wieck named his daughter “Clara”, meaning “brilliance”, and put everything into raising a
virtuoso pianist. They married one day before her 21st birthday, together having eight children.
Before their marriage she was the more famous performer. She nurtured Robert’s composition
and promoted him. Contrary to common belief, Clara did not abandon composition when she
married Robert. The two of them composed side-by-side, sometimes publishing songs together,
without specific attribution.

Available on CD NOW at www.move.com.au/disc/schumann-cello and for download and streaming on all popular digital platforms.

The tracks: 

6 Lieder, Op. 13 (Clara Schumann)  Ich stand in dunklen Träumen/ Sie liebten sich beide/ Liebeszauber/ Der Mond kommt still gegangen/ Ich hab’ in Deinem Auge/ Die stille Lotosblume

3 Gedichte aus Rückerts “Liebesfrühling”, Op.12 (Clara Schumann) Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen/ Liebst du um Schönheit/ Warum willst du and’re fragen?

Sechs Lieder aus “Jucunde” von Hermann Rollet, Op. 23 (Clara Schumann)/ Was weinst du, Blümlein/ An einem lichten Morgen/ Geheimes Flüstern hier und dort/ Auf einem grünen Hügel/ Das ist ein Tag, der klingen mag/ O Lust, o Lust

6 Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73 (Robert Schumann) Zart und mit Ausdruck/ Lebhaft, leicht/ Rasch und mit Feuer

Fünf Stücke imVolkston, Op. 102 (Robert Schumann) Mit Humor/ Langsam/ Nicht Schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen/ Nicht zu rasch/ Stark und markirt