One of the many pleasures of Alicia de Larrocha`s Allied Arts recital of Schumann piano works Sunday afternoon in Orchestra Hall was the acute manner in which she drew connections between Schumann the ...

Pianist Michelle Cann will perform Clara Schumann's first and only piano concerto with the Arkansas Symphony and conductor Geoffrey Robson this weekend at Little Rock's Robinson Center Performance ...

The special interest here is the F minor Sonata, which after the publisher's removal of its two Scherzos, first reached the world in 1836 as a three-movement ''Concert sans orchestre''. Though ...

At the dawn of the Romantic era, Schumann’s rich musical imagination takes flight in enchanting works for solo piano. Schumann’s first 23 opus numbers are all for piano and represent a unique phase in ...

6 Studies on Caprices by Paganini, Op.3: No.1 in A minor - Agitato 6 Studies on Caprices by Paganini, Op.3: No.2 in E - Allegretto 6 Studies on Caprices by Paganini, Op.3: No.3 in C - Andante 6 ...

Andras Schiff, piano ECM New Series, $33.98 (two CDs) Pianist Andras Schiff has made a specialty of the music of Schumann for years, and his readings continue to get richer and more incisive. This ...

Impromptus on a Theme of Clara Wieck, Op. 5: No. 1, Un poco adagio - Romanza Impromptus on a Theme of Clara Wieck, Op. 5: No. 2, Impromptus on a Theme of Clara Wieck, Op. 5: No. 3, Espressivo ...

Intensity. There's no more appropriate word to describe Robert Schumann. Everything in his life seemed to be done with nothing less than total commitment, from his unrelenting pursuit of the love of ...

Schumann’s only piano concerto was a very long time in the making. Its success was undoubtedly down to his passionate relationship with Clara Wieck, who was to become his wife. In 1837, some three ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Two works by these composers have been marginalized in classical music, but they were never forgotten, as their histories show. By Sarah Fritz and A.