Schumann Kun-Woo Paik

• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Abegg Variations, Op. 1:
• 1 Robert Schumann: Abegg Variations, Op. 1 08:18
• Waldszenen, Op. 82:
• 2 Robert Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82: 1. Eintritt 02:48
• 3 Robert Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82: 2. Jäger auf der Lauer 01:41
• 4 Robert Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82: 3. Einsame Blumen 02:26
• 5 Robert Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82: 4. Verrufene Stelle 03:40
• 6 Robert Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82: 5. Freundliche Landschaft 01:33
• 7 Robert Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82: 6. Herberge 02:35
• 8 Robert Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82: 7. Vogel als Prophet 03:02
• 9 Robert Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82: 8. Jagdlied 02:49
• 10 Robert Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82: 9. Abschied 03:05
• Kinderszenen, Op. 15:
• 11 Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen 01:52
• 12 Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 2. Kuriose Geschichte 01:06
• 13 Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 3. Hasche-Mann 00:33
• 14 Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 4. Bittendes Kind 00:45
• 15 Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 5. Glückes genug 00:41
• 16 Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 6. Wichtige Begebenheit 00:58
• 17 Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 7. Träumerei 03:01
• 18 Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 8. Am Kamin 01:10
• 19 Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd 00:46
• 20 Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 10. Fast zu ernst 01:25
• 21 Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 11. Fürchtenmachen 02:14
• 22 Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 12. Kind im Einschlummern 02:15
• 23 Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 13. Der Dichter spricht 02:40
• Bunte Blätter, Op. 99:
• 24 Robert Schumann: Bunte Blätter, Op. 99: Albumblätter 1. Ziemlich langsam 02:13
• 25 Robert Schumann: Bunte Blätter, Op. 99: Albumblätter 2. Schnell 00:51
• 26 Robert Schumann: Bunte Blätter, Op. 99: Albumblätter 3. Ziemlich langsam, sehr gesangvoll 01:44
• 27 Robert Schumann: Bunte Blätter, Op. 99: Albumblätter 4. Sehr langsam 01:54
• 28 Robert Schumann: Bunte Blätter, Op. 99: Albumblätter 5. Langsam 01:28
• Theme and Variations in E-Flat Major, WoO 24 “Ghost Variations”:
• 29 Robert Schumann: Theme and Variations in E-Flat Major, WoO 24 “Ghost Variations” 16:07
• 3 Fantasiestücke, Op. 111:
• 30 Robert Schumann: 3 Fantasiestücke, Op. 111: 1. Sehr rasch mit leidenschaftlichem vortrag 02:42
• 31 Robert Schumann: 3 Fantasiestücke, Op. 111: 2. Ziemlich langsam 04:16
• 32 Robert Schumann: 3 Fantasiestücke, Op. 111: 3. Kraftig und sehr markiert 04:57
• Arabeske, Op.18:
• 33 Robert Schumann: Arabeske, Op.18 08:18
• Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133:
• 34 Robert Schumann: Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133: 1. Im ruhigen Tempo 03:12
• 35 Robert Schumann: Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133: 2. Belebt, nicht zu rasch 03:28
• 36 Robert Schumann: Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133: 3. Lebhaft 03:17
• 37 Robert Schumann: Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133: 4. Bewegt 02:13
• 38 Robert Schumann: Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133: 5. Im Anfange ruhiges, im Verlauf bewegtes Tempo 03:51
• Papillons, Op. 2:
• 39 Robert Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2 14:54
• Nachtstücke, Op. 23:
• 40 Robert Schumann: Nachtstücke, Op. 23: 1. Mehr langsam, oft zurückhaltend 07:31
• 41 Robert Schumann: Nachtstücke, Op. 23: 2. Markiert und lebhaft 05:21
• 42 Robert Schumann: Nachtstücke, Op. 23: 3. Mit grosser Lebhaftigkeit 03:48
• 43 Robert Schumann: Nachtstücke, Op. 23: 4. Einfach 04:08
• Total Runtime 02:27:36

Info for Schumann

Kun Woo Paik is considered one of the most important pianists of his generation. Born in Seoul, Kun Woo Paik´s first concert was at the age of ten performing Grieg´s Piano Concerto with the Korean National Orchestra. At the age of fifteen, Kun Woo Paik moved to New York to study with Rosina Lhevinne at the Julliard School and with Ilona Kabos in London. Paik is the winner of the Naumburg award and Gold Medallist at the Busoni International Piano Competitions. His international career took off following his first New York appearance, in which he performed complete piano works by Maurice Ravel at the Lincoln Center, and his orchestral debut at the Carnegie Hall.

"... a master colorist. One seldom hears the piano played with such obvious love and respect for its timbral possibilities. Mr. Paik coaxes a bejewelled, singing tone from his instrument." (The New York Times)

Kun-Woo Paik, piano

Kun-Woo Paik
made his debut at age ten performing Grieg’s Piano Concerto with the Korean National Orchestra. At 15 he moved to New York to study with Rosina Lhévinne at The Juilliard School, and he also studied in London, with Ilona Kabos, and in Italy, with Guido Agosti and Wilhelm Kempff. His international career took off following his first New York appearance, performing Ravel’s complete piano works at Lincoln Center, as well as his orchestral debut at Carnegie Hall. He has since collaborated with conductors including Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Mariss Jansons, Long Yu, Neville Marriner, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Jiří Bĕlohlávek, Vladimir Jurowski, Dmitri Kitayenko, Paavo Järvi, Iván Fischer, and Krzysztof Penderecki (performing his new piano concerto under his direction). He has performed with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra (1987’s Last Night of the Proms), Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Berliner Symphoniker, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Warsaw Philharmonic, and English Chamber Orchestra.

Kun Woo Paik’s recordings include works by Scriabin, Liszt, and Musorgsky, as well as the Rachmaninoff piano concerto cycle for BMG. His recording of the complete Prokofiev piano concertos received France’s Diapason d’Or 1993 and Nouvelle Académie du Disque awards. As an exclusive Decca artist, he recorded Busoni’s transcriptions of works by J.S. Bach, Fauré’s piano works (which won all the major prizes in France), and Chopin’s complete works for piano and orchestra (with Antoni Wit and the Warsaw Philharmonic); in 2005 he began a project to record all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas.

Mr. Paik’s recent engagements include a Carnegie Hall recital, a performance at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Yuri Temirkanov, the complete Rachmaninoff concerto cycle in St. Petersburg, and returns to the New Japan Philharmonic, China Philharmonic, Shanghai Philharmonic, and Bergen Philharmonic. He has also given recitals in France, Italy, and Spain.

Kun Woo Paik, who lives in Paris, was made a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government in 2002.

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