Composer of the Week
Robert Schumann, The Dusseldorf Years
In the company of pianist Lucy Parham, Donald discovers how Clara coped with her husband's decline, and how Brahms became a vital friend during Schumann's years at the asylum in Endenich. Including music reflecting Schumann's mental illness and a vintage recording of his violin concerto, which Clara and Brahms tried to ban from being published. Traumerei Lucy Parham (piano) CD RSB 202 - Tr 7 Hostias; Sanctus (Requiem, Op 148) Helen Donath (soprano) Dusseldorf Musikverein Chorus Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra Bernhard Klee (conductor) EMI CDC 7491642 - Trs 7, 8 5 Gesange der Fruhe for piano, Op 133 Maurizio Pollini (piano) DG 471 370-1 - Trs 10-14 Violin Concerto in D minor Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Philharmonic Symphony of New York John Barbirolli (conductor) Naxos 8.110966 - Trs 1-3 Zum Schluss Ian Partridge (tenor) Julius Drake (piano) Chandos CHAN 9307 - Tr 26.