The Marriage Diaries
Donald Macleod and pianist Lucy Parham open Robert and Clara Schumann's marriage diaries, which show that their marriage was not the 'poetry and flowers' that Robert had predicted.
After Robert and Clara Schumann settled into married life in Leipzig, they immediately started a marriage diary. Donald and pianist Lucy Parham flick through some of the pages, which reveal that their marriage was not the 'poetry and flowers' that Robert had predicted, as both artists strived to maintain their musical careers.
Du Ring an meinem Finger (Frauenleiebe und -leben, Op 42)
Juliane Banse (soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)
Hyperion CDJ33103 - Tr 9
From the album Beloved Clara (Lucy Parham)
Piano Concerto in A minor (excerpt)
Reading from marriage diary of Robert and Clara Schumann, 13 September 1840
Lucy Parham (piano)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
Joanna David, Martin Jarvis (narration)
ASV DCA 1185 - Trs 1, 2
Symphony No 1 in B flat, Op 38 (Spring)
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Archiv 457 591-2, CD 1 - Trs 3-6
Piano Quintet, Op 44 (Finale)
Maria Joao Pires (piano)
Augustin Dumay, Renaud Capucon (violins)
Gerard Causse (viola)
Jiang Wang (cello)
DG 463 1792 - Tr 7
Schumann: 12 Poems (Liebesfruhling)
Clara Schumann: Warum willst du andre fragen?
Schumann: So wahr die Sonne scheinet
Stella Doufexis (mezzo-soprano)
Oliver Widmer (baritone)
Graham Johnson (piano)
Hyperion CDJ 33104 - Trs 22, 23.
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- Wed 10 Dec 200812:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 10 Dec 200822:00BBC Radio 3
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