🇩🇪Robert Schumann ： Three Romances No.1 in b-moll Op.28

Schumann’s Three Romances No. 1 is a piano piece in which concentrated changes of expression unfold within a compact span. An engaging theme is presented from the outset, while a singing melody is closely intertwined with inner voices that support the shifting harmony. The contrast between passages that move forward with strength and more lyrical moments that sustain a long breath is especially compelling, as is the change of character when the same material returns. In performance, it is important to bring the melody clearly to the foreground without allowing the accompaniment or inner voices to become too heavy. The pedal should be changed with each harmony to keep the sonority clear, while a flexible response to the breathing of each phrase, without losing the sense of meter, brings the work’s shades of expression to life.