Kinderszenen, Op. 15

Recordings worth hearing

• Vladimir Horowitz

  Reference

  Sony Classical · 1962

  Träumerei has been played to death; Horowitz is one of the few who keeps it from turning sweet. The thirteen pieces come out as one thing.

• Martha Argerich

  Modern

  Deutsche Grammophon · 1984

  Argerich refuses to treat these as children's music. Quick tempi, and the closing Der Dichter spricht comes out almost cold.

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