Schumann/ Papastefanou - 1839 Year of Piano Release:1839 Year of Piano First Hand Doin' It The Hard Way

Doin' It The Hard Way 3

Toccata wrote of Vol

Olena Kushpler writes: "Ever since my youth I have been fascinated by the music of Leoš Janácek: initially by his vocal works

with full sleeve notes by Andy Shipton

Schumann/ Papastefanou - 1839 Year of Piano Release:1839 Year of Piano First Hand Doin' It The Hard Way1839 was Schumann's most productive year of writing for solo piano, and the last year he wrote a major work for piano solo. The following year, Schumann wrote no works for solo piano, focusing a new energy in writing songs. 1840 is famously known as his 'Year of Song' (Liederjahr), hence our coined title 'Year of Piano' with all the works on this album, apart from 3 Stcklein, written in 1838. This is Papastefanou's third album for FHR. Alexandra