Description
Two souls, alas, reside within my breast’ Faust ascertained, and he was not the first to do so. From time immemorial we have quite some struggle with our inner contradictions, and we try to restrain them in many ways. Knowledge, alchemy, music, literature and drink are just some of the paths we follow in search of clarification and in the hope of gaining mastery of these troublemakers. Through the centuries all this has given rise to many literary and mythological couples: Apollo and Dionysus, Yin and Yang, but Florestan and Eusebius, Schumann’s literary and musical alter egos, are part of this tradition as well. The cautious, gentle Eusebius, as distinct from the more impulsive, high-spirited Florestan, prevail over both the musical and literary oeuvre of Schumann, as a line of approach, a disguise, and an attempt to get a grip on his inner turmoil.
Additional information
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Mastering equipment | B&W 803 diamond series |
Recording type bit rate | DSD64 |
Recording location | Hilversum Holland |
Recording engineer | Jared Sacks |
Producer | Jared Sacks |
Mixing board | Rens Heijnis custom made |
Microphones | Bruel & Kjaer, Schoeps |
Mastering engineer | Jared Sacks |
Composers | |
Digital converters | Grimm DSD |
Cables | van den Hul |
Type | DSD 64 fs, FLAC 192 kHz, FLAC 96 kHz, FLAC 44.1 kHz, MP3 44.1 kHz |
Format | Download (Stereo), Download (Multichannel), Download (Stereo + Multichannel) |
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Recording software | Merging |
Press reviews
Klassik.com
(…) Giacomettis Spiel ist – man kennt es schon aus vielen anderen seiner diskografischen Beiträge – voller Poesie, Einfühlung und Gespür für die genutzten Instrumente.(…)
Crescendo
(…) Während Giacomettis Spiel immer wieder Hoffnung auf einen positiven Ausgang macht, gewinnt durch den farbenreichen, aber stets wehmütigen Gesang schlussendlich die melancholische Klangenlandschaft die Oberhand.
HVT
Music Emotion
Luister
Het Parool
Schumann als statement (…) Oliemans heeft een prachtige stem, maar wat deze registratie allereerst doet opvallen, is vooral de eigenzinnige aanpak met vooral een belangrijke rol voor pianist Paolo Giacometti, die vleugels uit de tijd van Schumann bespeelt. (…)
Trouw
(…) verbazing en verrassing (…) zanger en begeleider hebben samen een eigenzinnige en interessante kijk op dit oeuvre (…) een magnifieke reis met schitterende vergezichten en intieme bekentenissen.
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