When Robert Schumann premiered his secular oratorio Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50 (Paradise and the Peri) in December 1843 in Leipzig, the composer was instantly catapulted from provincial to international fame. In the first decade after the composition,

Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6 No. 18. Nicht schnell From SCHUMANN, R.: Carnaval / Davidsbündlertänze / Papillons (Giltburg) (2015) Released by Naxos Schumann: Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6 – No. 18. Nicht schnellThe three works on this recording are collections of short pieces, strung

Robert Schumann composed in intense spurts of creative hyperactivity, generally focusing on a single genre. When he locked himself into his Düsseldorf study in October 1851, Clara Schumann excitedly reported in her diary. “Robert is working away on something new.

Abegg-Variationen, Op. 1: Finale alla Fantasia – Vivace From Robert Schumann: Variationen & Fantasiestucke / Andreas Staier (2014) Released by Harmonia Mundi Schumann: Abegg-Variationen, Op. 1: Finale alla Fantasia – VivaceThis third volume of Andreas Staier’s series devoted to the

Sonata op.11 in f sharp minor II. Aria From Robert Schumann : Drei Romanzen op. 28 – Sonata, op. 11 – Kinderszenen, op. 15 Released by Outhere Music Schumann: Sonata op.11 in f sharp minor – II. AriaThe first cd

Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 To prove his potential earnings from composition to his highly skeptical father-in-law —we all remember that Friedrich Wieck had taken Robert to court in order to prevent the “old alcoholic” from

Schumann Sonata in G minor Op. 22 – Andantino Rafal Blechacz, piano From Piano Recital: Blechacz, Rafal (2005) Released by CD Accord Schumann: Sonata in G minor Op. 22 – AndantinoThe Romanticism saw a bountiful development of piano music. It

Märchenerzählungen Op. 132 for clarinet, viola and piano. Ruhiges Tempo. mit zartem Ausdruck Soloists from the Orchestre de Paris From Robert Schumann Chamber Music with Winds (2012) Released by Indésens Schumann: Märchenerzählungen Op. 132 for clarinet, viola and piano –