in Piano International (Nov, 2018)
This is an imaginatively programmed recital. The connecting thread is Vienna and the city’s signature musical form, the waltz. Less obviously, the starting-point for William Youn was Schumann’s visit there in 1838; indeed, Schumann is the lynchpin of the whole conception, opening with Humoreske, composed in that same visit, followed by Youn’s selection of Schubert Valses (which Schumann had revered while their composer was still alive). The other pieces offer different perspectives, not least those by Schumann’s great friend, Liszt, whose Valse-Caprice is based on three of those Schubert Valses.
Not surprisingly, the programme is rather mixed, juxtaposing the intricate and the less so, primarily the Schubert Valses which in retrospect …
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