Pictures at an Exhibition, Kienderszenen, Children's Corner
The world seen through a child’s eyes looks more colourful. ‘You said I sometimes seemed a child to you, so I have written thirty funny little pieces,’ wrote Schumann to Clara Wieck… In real life scenes of childhood are short, affectionate and happy… Schumann’s Kinderszenen op. 15 are a look into a child’s world through the eyes of a musician and a poet. A child plays, listens to fairy tales, travels in its imagination to faraway lands and finally falls asleep. Each element of Kinderszenen is a true gem of the romantic lyric piano music. The collection contains both very popular items (like The Dream) and true small masterpieces (like the scene of a child falling asleep – Kind im Einschlummern). Claude Debussy in his collection of six miniatures Children’s Corner takes a similar look. However, rather than idealizing the world, he watches it closely from the perspective of his small daughter Chouchou’s regular playmate.
MODEST MUSSORGSKI (1838 – 1881)
Obrazki z wystawy 31 . 09
1. Promenade 1:25
2. I. Gnomus 2:17
3. Promenade 0:48
4. II. Il vecchio castello 4:12
5. Promenade 0:28
6. III. Tuileries 1:07
7. IV. Bydło 2:50
8. Promenade 0:45
9. V. Ballet of the unhatched chicks 1:12
10. VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle 2:31
11. VII. The market in Limoges 1:23
12. VIII. Catacombae. Sepulchrum romanum 1:50
13. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua 2:04
14. IX. The hut in fowl’s legs (Baba-Yaga) 3:18
15. X. The great of Kiev 4:50
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Kinderszenen op. 15 17:45
16. Vom fremden Laenderen und Menschen 1:35
17. Kuriose-Geschichte 1:13
18. Hasche-Mann 0:33
19. Bittendes Kind 0:55
20. Glueckes genug 0:41
21. Wichtige Begebenheit 0:47
22. Traeumerei 2:41
23. Am Kamin 0:53
24. Ritter von Steckenpferd 0:39
25. Fast zu ernst 1:51
26. Fuerchtenmachen 1:53
27. Kind im Einschlummern 1:42
28. Der Dichter spricht 2:27
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
Children’s corner 17:32
29. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum 2:22
30. Jimbo’s Lullaby 4:12
31. Serenade for the Doll 2:59
32. The snow is dancing 2:36
33. The little shepherd 2:38
34. Golliwog’s Cake-walk 2:42
