The year 1840, when Schumann was finally able to marry Clara Wieck, became known as his 'Year of Song' due to his prolific output of songs.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Schumann described his Liederkreis, Op. 39, a cycle of twelve settings of poems by Joseph von Eichendorff, as his most romantic work, enclosing much of Clara within it.
Performer Biography
Thomas E. Bauer, the baritone on this recording, received five awards for his recordings in 2011, including the Orphée d'Or and the Echo Klassik Award.
Performer Biography
Uta Hielscher, the pianist, won the Jugend Musiziert prize in 1988 and has performed in major festivals like the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Schwarzenberg Schubertiade.
Composer Biography
Schumann's later years were difficult, marked by administrative and conducting struggles in Düsseldorf, leading to a nervous breakdown and his death in an asylum in 1856.
Composer Biography
Robert Schumann, the composer, was the son of a bookseller, publisher, and writer, and showed an early interest in literature.
Composer Biography
Schumann's ambitions as a pianist were frustrated by a weakness in his fingers, leading him to focus on composition.
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