Marvellous, thank you! This is my first “meeting” with Jan Vogler. He is very interesting and filled with enthusiasm for his beliefs which are certainly not the same as those of other classical music lovers! Thank also, again, to Zsolt Bognár who makes everything fascinating.
What an amazing interview. Enthusiasm, warmth, broadmindedness... I am going to buy every recording of his Schumann concerto. His view that Schumann is on a par with Bach and Beethoven reflects my own feelings. Feelings that I feel I don't have the right to express because I don't know enough about classical music. All I know is that everything Schumann has written touches me emotionally in ways other composers do not. It was lovely to hear this expressed by someone who "knows his stuff".
Fabulous opening with the Schumann. His cello concerto to me is the highest representation of the entire instrument. Stunning playing.Thank you for asking about Schumann. And yes: even as a total non-professional musician, I do believe Schmann is on the tier with Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Ravel...and many other beloved of our greatest composers. But that's only my opinion. I have no way to see if that is "truth".
