Description
1810 saw the births not only of Frederic Chopin and Robert Schumann, but also of Norbert Burgmuller and Ludwig Schuncke. All four composers knew and valued each other as artists and as friends.
While in later life Schumann and Chopin would go on to achieve world fame with their works, Norbert Burgmuller and Ludwig Schuncke died young, leaving behind only a small body of works hardly known today.
This recording brings together early works by Chopin and Schumann with selected virtuosic pieces by Burgmuller and Schuncke. All the works represent an energetic expression of these four geniuses, still
youthful and seeking orientation, yet already manifestly inspired due to their precociousness.