COMPOSERS: Schumann
LABELS: Virgin
WORKS: Schumann: Kinderszenen, Arabesque, Variations Abegg, Papillons, Novelettes
PERFORMER: Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: 628 5252
Pommier’s coolly objective approach is admirably suited to the Novelletten and the early Abegg Variations. However the Piano Quintet seems a little hard-driven and could have benefited from more repose in the slow movement. Erik Levi
