Introduction and Allegro appassionato (Schumann)

For the Introduction and Concert Allegro in D minor (Op. 134), see Introduction and Concert Allegro (Schumann).

The Introduction and Allegro appassionato (Konzertstück) for piano and orchestra in G major, Op. 92, was composed by Robert Schumann in September 1849. It received its first performance in Leipzig on February 14, 1850, with Clara Schumann at the piano with Julius Rietz conducting. The work was published in 1852. The work takes around 15 minutes to perform.

Scoring

The Introduction and Allegro appassionato is scored for solo piano, pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets in B♭, bassoons, horns, trumpets and timpani, and strings.

Structure

The work consists of two movements:

1. Introduction. Langsam

   

2. Allegro
   

Notable recordings

• Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano and conductor), London Symphony Orchestra
• Daniel Barenboim (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
• Murray Perahia (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Claudio Abbado
• Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra and Stanislaw Wislocki
• András Schiff (piano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Christoph von Dohnányi
• Rudolf Serkin (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy

External links

• Konzertstück, Op.92: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project