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ALBUM十载嘉音之二:贝多芬与舒曼Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, 國家大劇院管弦樂團 & LÜ Jia
Albums by Robert Schumann
ALBUMSchumann: String Quartets & Piano QuintetQuatuor Hanson & Adam Laloum
ALBUMConstellations, a Viola JourneyGuillaume Leroy, Victor Métral & Aurélien Pascal
ALBUMTaneyev • SchumannPeter Donohoe & Sacconi Quartet
ALBUMLouise Farrenc: Symphony No. 3 - Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3Philzuid & Duncan Ward
ALBUMPure Piano: 50+ Classical Piano MasterpiecesMassimo Colombo, Costantino Catena, Michele Garruti & Rossano Torre
ALBUM十载嘉音之二:贝多芬与舒曼Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, 國家大劇院管弦樂團 & LÜ Jia
ALBUMRobert Schumann Sinfonische Etüden Op. 13, Waldszenen Op. 82Marek Zebrowski
ALBUMDeep Sleep Classical Piano MusicVarious Artists
ALBUMMaria João Pires: Solo RecordingsMaria João Pires
ALBUMChopin, Scarlatti & Others: Piano WorksMischa Levitzki
Robert Schumann's Popular Music Videos
Schumann: Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18
Ulrich Roman Murtfeld
R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: III. Rasch und mit Feuer
Emmanuel Pahud & Eric Le Sage
R. Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 (1851 Version) [Excerpts]: III. Scherzo. Lebhaft - IV. Langsam - Lebhaft
Marin Alsop & ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Schumann: Symphony No. 3, II. Scherzo: Sehr mäßig (Live from Barbican)
John Eliot Gardiner & London Symphony Orchestra
Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1 (Arr. Liszt, S. 566a)
Martin James Bartlett
R. Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 97 "Rheinische": V. Lebhaft
Marin Alsop & ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Evening
Lara Downes
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6: No. 14 in E-Flat Major - Zart und singend (Dolce e cantando)
Lang Lang
Schumann: Piano Quintet Op. 44: II. In Modo d'una Marcia
Trio Wanderer, Christophe Gaugué & Catherine Montier
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61: I. Sostenuto assai — Allegro, ma non troppo
Mahler Chamber Orchestra & Jakub Hrůša
Artist Playlists
Robert Schumann Essentials
Dive into the music of the German composer who painted vivid images of 19th-century Romanticism.
Robert Schumann: Undiscovered
Venture off the beaten path and seek out the lesser-known music of a great composer.
Artist Biography
If any composer epitomizes the spirit of 19th-century German Romanticism, it is Robert Schumann. Born in 1810 in Zwickau, he was a solitary, dreamy child who at first thought of being a poet. Music took possession of him later, and in his twenties he devoted himself with astonishing single-mindedness to learning the art of composition, producing nothing but piano music for nearly 10 years, including the dark and intoxicating cycle Kreisleriana (1838). A love affair with the brilliant young pianist-composer Clara Wieck, long thwarted by her possessive father, culminated in marriage in 1840 and a sudden outpouring of song, including the exquisite cycles Frauenliebe und Leben and Dichterliebe. The relationship was strong, but Schumann’s instability remained alarming. Periods of intense creativity would alternate with terrible mental crises, sometimes resulting in artistic paralysis. After the wildly experimental, dazzlingly imaginative piano music of his youth, Schumann attempted to stabilize his course by tackling such well-established forms as the symphony, concerto, oratorio, and large-scale chamber music, but his uniquely lateral way of thinking—sometimes amusingly quirky, sometimes demonic—always reasserted itself. In 1854, a spell of elation tipped over into mania, and after his attempt to drown himself in the River Rhine he was committed to an asylum near Bonn, where he died alone in 1856.
Hometown
Zwickau, Germany
Genre
Classical