Adagio and Allegro
Adagio and Allegro op. 70 is a chamber music work in A flat major for piano and horn (cello or violin ad libitum) by Robert Schumann . It was written in February 1849. Even before going to print, Schumann had planned alternative editions in which the horn of the violoncello or violin could be replaced. Initially, Romance and Allegro were intended as titles . But then Schumann decided on Adagio and Allegro .
Origin, choice of title and the like
All details on the creation of the composition, choice of title and the like were presented by Ernst Hettrich in the foreword and in the critical report on the Urtext edition of the G. Henle publishing house.
Character of the piece
The first movement is melancholy-slow in character, while the second is a fast and very difficult “bravura piece” that gives horn players or cellists plenty of opportunity to shine as a soloist.
Discography
- Horn and piano
- Peter Damm (Horn) and Amadeus Webersinke , Berlin Classics 0031 732 BC (2008)
- Thomas Crome (horn) and Gunther Hauer , BRS-CD (2000)
- Michael Höltzel (Horn) and Friedrich Wilhelm Schnurr , Dabringhaus and Grimm MDG 3240908-2 (1989)
- Cello and piano
- From the 1950s there is u. a. a record interpretation with Ottomar Borwitzky , the former solo cellist of the Berlin Philharmonic .
- Heinrich Schiff and Gerhard Oppitz , Philips 422 414-2 (1988)
- Mischa Maisky and Martha Argerich , Deutsche Grammophon (2000)
Web links
- Adagio and Allegro by Robert Schumann onYouTubeplayed byChang Han-na(cello) and Finghin Collins (piano) in South Korea (KBS)
(Note: You can find many other interpretations on YouTube, for horn and piano as well as for cello and piano or violin and piano, or with other transcriptions.)