Schumann - Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 11 - I. Un poco adagio - Allegro vivace
Performed by Maurizio Pollini
Clara Schumann, sassy Victorian pianist, gets Google Doodle honor. Google celebrates what would be her 193rd birthday.
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Robert Schumann in an 1850 daguerreotype
Schumann - Carnaval, Op.9 - II. Pierrot
Performed by Ethella Chuprik
Schumann - Carnaval, Op.9 - I. Préambule
Performed by Ethella Chuprik
Schumann - Fantasy Piece Op. 12 No. 1
Performed by Eric Barnhill
Manuscript Sketches of Études symphoniques, Op. 13; ca. 1834
In 1834, Schumann fell in love with Ernestine von Fricken, a piano student of Friedrich Wieck, and for a time they seemed destined to marry. The relationship did not last—Schumann got cold feet after he learned that she had been born out of wedlock—but it inspired some notable music. Carnaval, Op. 9, a set of character pieces for piano, is based on a four-note motive derived from the name of Ernestine’s home town. The Etudes symphoniques, Op. 13, are variations on a theme by Ernestine’s father, Ignaz Ferdinand von Fricken, a nobleman and amateur composer. Of course, Schumann eventually transferred his affections to Clara Wieck, and it was she who gave the first performance of the Etudes symphoniques, in 1837. The piece was published by Haslinger that same year, with a dedication to the English composer William Sterndale Bennett rather than to Ernestine. A revised version appeared in 1852.
Music Room of Robert Schumann
Schumann - Cello Concerto in A major, Op. 129 - III. Sehr lebhaft
Performed by Yo-Yo Ma with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Sir Colin Davis conducting
Schumann - Cello Concerto in A major, Op. 129 - II. Langsam
Performed by Yo-Yo Ma with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Sir Colin Davis conducting
Schumann - Cello Concerto in A major, Op. 129 - I. Nicht zu schnell
Performed by Yo-Yo Ma with Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Sir Colin Davis conducting
Schumann/Liszt - Liebeslied
Piano - Yundi Li
Schumann - Kinderszenen Op. 20 No. 1 - Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and Peoples)
Piano - Vladimir Horowitz
