- Robert Schumann's three sonatas for

violin and piano embody the 19th c.

German Romantic perspective.

- Entering Schumann's unique sound

world, violinist Nicholas DiEugenio

and pianist Chi-Chen Wu draw further

inspiration from the builder Rodney

Regier's unique creation of a fortepiano

that embodies the ideal characteristics

of instruments by Vienna's greatest early

19th c. builders, Conrad Graf and Ignaz

Bösendorfer.

- The release of this disc ushers in the first

such recording to feature performances

of all three sonatas on a fortepiano.