Schumann, R :: Three Romances op. 94

International Music Company presents Robert Shumann's Three Romances op. 94 edited by Jean-Pierre Rampal for flute and piano.

'In 1849, one of the most productive years in the whole of his output, Robert Schumann turned his attention to three wind instruments in chamber music settings; his Three Fantasy Pieces for clarinet and piano, and the Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano were both written within one week in February. He composed the Three Romances for oboe and piano in Dresden in December of the same year and is said to have given them to his wife, Clara Wieck Schumann, as a Christmas present. She performed them privately for the Schumann household with the concertmaster of the Royal Chapel, Franz Schubert. The practice of playing the works on either oboe or violin continues to this day. Flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal transcribed Three Romances for flute and piano and published his edition in 1976.'

- Martha Councell