1843-44 - An Insecure Paradise
Donald Macleod asks how Schumann could find a way back to a healthy, happy, creative life again after a complete breakdown.
Donald Macleod asks how Schumann could find a way back to a healthy, happy, creative life again, after a complete breakdown
The 1840s was the decade when Robert and Clara Schumann’s married life began, and was the decade in which he established himself as a significant composer.
Donald Macleod looks at Robert’s life as he worked towards his biggest creation so far, Paradise and the Peri. Just as he realised this new project, his depression returned with a vengeance, developing into a complete breakdown. How could he possibly find a way back to a healthy, happy, creative life again?
Scenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3
Ouverture
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit, conductor
Piano Quintet in E flat Major, Op 44 (2nd & 3rd mvts)
Fazıl Say, piano
Casal Quartet
Romanzen und Balladen IV, Op 64
No 2, Das verlassne Magdelein
No 3, Tragodie: II. Es fiel ein Reif in der Fruhlingsnacht
Mitsuko Shirai, mezzo-soprano
Hartmut Höll, piano
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op 50
Part III: Es fallt ein Tropfen aufs Land (Peri, Tenor, Chorus)
Magdaléna Hajóssyová, soprano
Eberhard Büchner, tenor
Leipzig Radio Choir
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
Wolf-Dieter Hauschild, conductor
String Quartet No 2 in F Major, Op 41, No 2 (1st & 4th mvts)
Takács Quartet
Produced by Iain Chambers
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Robert Schumann
Scenes from Goethe's Faust (Overture)
Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Wit.- NAXOS : 8.5724430-31.
- NAXOS.
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Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op 44 (2nd and 3rd mvt)
Performer: Fazil Say. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.- SOLO MUSICA : SM-340.
- SOLO MUSICA.
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Robert Schumann
Romances and Ballads IV, Op 64 (No 2 and No 3)
Performer: Hartmut Höll. Singer: Mitsuko Shirai.- CAPRICCIO : C-10445.
- CAPRICCIO.
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Robert Schumann
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op 50 (excerpt)
Singer: Magdaléna Hajóssyová. Singer: Eberhard Büchner. Choir: MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig. Orchestra: MDR Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Wolf-Dieter Hauschild.- BRILLIANT CLASSICS : 95306.
- BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
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Robert Schumann
String Quartet No 2 in F major, Op 41, No 2 (1st and 4th mvt)
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- SWR : SWR10003.
- SWR Digital.
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