Robert Schumann-Album for the Young op. 68-No. 35-43+Supplement-Scenes from Childhood op. 15-Part 2 by Robert von Heeren

This is the tracklist of CD2 of the Double CD, which I originally published in Oct. 2019 on amazon.com via Amazon's Media On Demand service (ASIN B07YTDP7KX), which has been closed by Amazon in August 2021, so this Double CD is no longer available there. Cover-Art by Manuela Buechler, AI Design, Switzerland.
This doublealbum is the first in series "Demanding piano music for children and students".
Schumann had already composed the Scenes from Childhood in 1838, long before the Album for the Young. Even if it was not his intention to compose music for children: The "childlike perspective" plays a certain role in both cycles. The Album for the Young is about the world of sound and music accessible to children and young people – and from their view of life. In Schumann's own words, however, the Scenes from Childhood are a " reminiscence of an older person for older people". This can be the memory of one's own childhood but does not have to be. It can also be the reflection of the behavior of children from the adult's point of view. In living together with and observing his own children, he surely rediscovered his own "childlike" side... Seen in this light, I am not happy with the translation of the title into English "Scenes from Childhood". I think "Children Scenes" or “Scenes with Children” is more appropriate.
The 13 pieces of the Scenes are also called program miniatures: as with the pieces from the Album for the Young has each piece a programmatic title such as "About foreign countries and people". The whole cycle seems like a "journey" through the world of childlike sensations. None of the 13 works has an expression mark, i.e. for the performer, he/she must extrapolate the "appropriate" tempo from the notes himself. This is not easy. No wonder, then, that the most famous of the 13 pieces, No. 7 " Dreamery", is often interpreted so differently in tempo and expression. In my interpretation I try to find the middle way and remain true to the basic character of the pieces. In comparison to the Album for the Young, the Scenes from Childhood are of course more music for adults. I think the combination on this double CD is a charming juxtaposition. Who knows, maybe the Scenes have somehow paved the way for the later Album...?

Contains tracks

• Robert - Schumann - Mignon - Slowly, tenderly - E flat major - op. 68 - No. 35 by Robert von Heeren
• Robert - Schumann - Italian Marinari Song - Slowly, fast - G-minor - Op. 68 - No. 36 by Robert von Heeren
• Robert - Schumann - Sailor Song - Not fast - G-minor - Op. 68 - No. 37 by Robert von Heeren
• Robert - Schumann - Wintertime I - Rather slowly - C-minor - Op. 68 - No. 38 by Robert von Heeren
• Robert - Schumann - Wintertime II - Slowly - C-minor - Op. 68 - No. 39 by Robert von Heeren