Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22
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Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Piano Sonata No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 2
in G Minor, Op. 22
Performed by Magdalena Müllerperth (Piano)
A live recording from the German
UNESCO World Heritage Site Maulbronn Monastery
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he Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 was composed by Robert Schumann from 1830 to 1838. It was his last full-length attempt at the sonata genre, the other completed ones being the Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor (Op. 11) and the Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor (Op. 14); he later wrote Three Piano Sonatas for the Young Op. 118. Because it was published before the F minor sonata, it was given an earlier sequence number (No. 2) but still kept its later opus number (Op. 22). This has caused confusion, and recordings of the G minor Sonata have sometimes been published as "Sonata No. 3". There was also an earlier sonata in F minor, which Schumann abandoned; this is sometimes referred to as "Sonata No. 4". Among his sonatas, this one is very frequently performed and recorded. Because of its great variety and highly virtuosic demands, it is enjoyed both by audiences and performers alike. Clara Schumann claimed to be "endlessly looking forward to the second sonata", but nevertheless Robert revised it several times. At Clara Schumann's request, the original finale, marked Presto passionato was replaced with a less difficult movement in 1838. The Andantino of the sonata is based on Schumann's early song "Im Herbste"; Jensen describes the first movement as having "a concern with motivic structure". It is dedicated to Schumann's friend the pianist Henriette Voigt and was published in September 1839.
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espite her young age the pianist Magdalena Müllerperth, born in Pforzheim (Germany) in 1992, is looking back on a remarkable career. Since 1999 she has won more than 35 prizes at piano-competitions, inlcuding the "Les Rencontres internationales des Jeunes Pianistesde l´An 2002" in Belgium, the "Premio della Critica 2004" (RAI) at "Concorso Europeo di Musica" in Italy, the German state piano competition "Jugend musiziert" 2005 and the first price of the "Minnesota Orchestra, Young People's Symphony Concert Association" in the USA. She begann piano lessons at the age of five. Three years later she became a student - in 2003 a junior student - of Prof. Sontraud Speidel at the Public University of Music in Karlsruhe (Germany). Since November 2007 Magdalena Müllerperth has been a student of Prof. Alexander Braginsky at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota USA, founded by scholarships. Beside recitals in Europe, Russia and the USA, Magdalena Müllerperth performs as a featured soloist with renowned orchestras, such as the "Baden-Badener Philharmoniker" conducted by Werner Stiefel, the "Slovak Sinfonietta" under Peter Wallinger, the "Kurpfälzer Kammerorchester", the "Stuttgarter Philharmoniker" conducted by Simon Gaudenz, the "State Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukrain" Lugansk conducted by Kurt Schmid and the "Minnesota Orchestra" under Marc Russel Smith.
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