The Dusseldorf Years
Donald Macleod explores how Clara Schumann coped with her husband's decline, and how Brahms became a vital friend during Schumann's years in the asylum at Endenich.
In the company of pianist Lucy Parham, Donald discovers how Clara coped with her husband's decline, and how Brahms became a vital friend during Schumann's years at the asylum in Endenich. Including music reflecting Schumann's mental illness and a vintage recording of his violin concerto, which Clara and Brahms tried to ban from being published.
Traumerei
Lucy Parham (piano)
CD RSB 202 - Tr 7
Hostias; Sanctus (Requiem, Op 148)
Helen Donath (soprano)
Dusseldorf Musikverein Chorus
Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra
Bernhard Klee (conductor)
EMI CDC 7491642 - Trs 7, 8
5 Gesange der Fruhe for piano, Op 133
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
DG 471 370-1 - Trs 10-14
Violin Concerto in D minor
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Philharmonic Symphony of New York
John Barbirolli (conductor)
Naxos 8.110966 - Trs 1-3
Zum Schluss
Ian Partridge (tenor)
Julius Drake (piano)
Chandos CHAN 9307 - Tr 26.
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- Fri 12 Dec 200812:00BBC Radio 3
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