Weathering the Storm
Donald Macleod brings together two unsettling strands in Schumann's life in the late 1840s, his precarious mental health and the revolution in his new home town of Dresden.
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Robert Schumann
Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass Op.98a No.4
Performer: Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)
- HYPERION CDJ33102.
- 2.
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Robert Schumann
March in G Minor Op.76
Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
- DECCA 436 4562.
- 5.
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Robert Schumann
Four Partsongs Op.141 Nos 1-3
Performer: Netherlands Chamber Choir, Uwe Gronostay (conductor)
- GLOBE GLO5147.
- 1 to 3.
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Robert Schumann
Overture to Manfred, Op.115
Performer: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
- SONY SBK 48270.
- 10.
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Robert Schumann
Waldszenen Op.82 (Forest Scenes)
Performer: Maria-Joao Pires (piano)
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 437 538-2.
- 1 to 9.
Broadcasts
- Thu 10 Jun 201012:00BBC Radio 3
- Thu 10 Jun 201022:00BBC Radio 3
- Thu 5 Jan 201212:00BBC Radio 3
- Thu 5 Jan 201218:30BBC Radio 3
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