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Fuga Libera Records has announced the release of French violist Hélène Desaint's new album: 'Schumann - Kurtág'

Fuga Libera Records has announced the release of French violist Hélène Desaint's new album: Schumann - Kurtág.

Recorded with pianists Louis Lortie and Nathanaël Gouin and clarinetist Ronald Van Spaendonck, the disc features Robert Schumann's Märchenbilder Op. 113, Romanze Op. 94 and Märchenerzählungen for Clarinet, Viola & Piano Op. 132 - coupled with Hungarian composer György Kurtág's (b. 1926) Signs, Games and Messages and Hommage.

''For a long time, I've been inspired by Schumann - a tormented and inward-looking composer, whose music describes his many complex emotional states ..." Hélène has told The Violin Channel.

"About one and a half centuries later, Gyogy Kurtag composed a trio as a tribute to Schumann, whose intensity and emotional power can be compared to that of Schumann’s ... it was an obvious choice for me to put together a program which included works by both composers - as a bridge between two centuries ..." she has said.

"I hope I will be able to make listeners feel the music not only with their ears, but also with their heart and their guts."

'Schumann - Kurtág'

Hélène Desaint, Viola

Louis Lortie & Nathanaël Gouin, Piano

Ronald Van Spaendonck, Clarinet

Label: Fuga Libera Records

Release Date: January 11, 2019