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About the composer Robert Schumann

Born in 1810, the son of a bookseller, publisher and writer, Robert Schumann showed early abilities in both music and literature, the second facility used in his later writing on musical subjects. After brief study at university, he was allowed by his widowed mother and guardian to undertake serious study of the piano with Friedrich Wieck, whose favourite daughter Clara was later to become Schumann's wife. His ambitions as a pianist were thwarted by a weakness in the fingers of one hand, but the 1830s nevertheless brought a number of compositions for the instrument. The year of his marriage, 1840, was a year of song, followed by attempts in which his young wife encouraged him at more ambitious forms of orchestral composition. Settling first in Leipzig and then in Dresden, the Schumanns moved in 1850 to Dsseldorf, where Schumann had his first official appointment, as municipal director of music. In 1854 he had a serious mental break-down, followed by two years in the asylum at Endenich before his death in 1856. As a composer Schumann's gifts are clearly heard in his piano music and in his songs. Schumann's published compositions were written exclusively for the piano until 1840; he later composed works for piano and orchestra, many lieder, four symphonies, an opera, and other orchestral, choral, and chamber works. Schumann exerted considerable influence in the nineteenth century and beyond, despite his adoption of more conservative modes of composition after his marriage. He left an array of acclaimed music in virtually all the forms then known. Partly through his protégé Brahms, Schumann's ideals and musical vocabulary became widely disseminated.

CDs and DVDs featuring the composer Robert Schumann

CATALOGUE NR: 8556620  (barcode: 0730099662024)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75

TITLE: Night Music 20
TRACKS: Includes works by J.S Bach / Beethoven / Boccherini / Chopin / Dvorak / Giuliani / Haydn / Mozart / Rossini / Schumann / Carl Stamiz / Vivaldi.

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CATALOGUE NR: C379951A  (barcode: 4011790379128)
RECORD LABEL: Orfeo
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.79
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-1995

TITLE: Nacht heller als der Tag
TRACKS: text from : Gryphius / Milton / Goethe / Heine / Morike / Storm / Tucholsky. Music by : Carulli / Schumann / Mangore.
ARTISTS: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau   Volkwang Gitarren Duo    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Christmas texts and music

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CATALOGUE NR: DDV24127  (barcode: 0809730412721)
RECORD LABEL: Diversions
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 26-Apr-2008

COMPOSER: Alban Berg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Piano
TRACKS: Piano Sonata opus 1 (Berg). Miroirs (Ravel). Humoresque opus 20 (Schumann).
ARTISTS: Catalina Butcaro      

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CATALOGUE NR: PR89117  (barcode: 0717281891172)
RECORD LABEL: Preiser
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.85

COMPOSER: Albert Lortzing  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Heinrich Rehkemper volume 2
TRACKS: Der Wildschutz : Heiterkeit und Frohlichkeit. Wenn man beim Wein sitzt Soldatenart. Figaros Hochzeit : Will der Herr Graf. Figaros Hochzeit : Nun vergiss leises Flehn. Die Zauberflote : Ein Madchen oder Weibchen. Die Zauberflote : Papagena! Papagena!. Paulus : Gott sei mir gnadig. Elias : Es ist genug. Tannhauser : O du mein holder Abendstern. Parsifal : Die Stunde naht. Prometheus. Der Hidalgo. Meine Rose. Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen. Die Botschaft. Der Rattenfanger. Auftrag. Storchenbotschaft. Der Feuerreiter. Zur Johannisnacht. Im Kahne.
ORCHESTRA: Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin
CONDUCTOR: Julius Pruwer and Manfred Gurlitt
ARTISTS: Heinrich Rehkemper   Michael Raucheisen    

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CATALOGUE NR: BBCL40152  (barcode: 0684911401523)
RECORD LABEL: BBC Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.75
RELEASE DATE: 15-Mar-1999

COMPOSER: Alessandro Scarlatti  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Emil Gilels
TRACKS: 5 Sonatas (Scarlatti). Italian Aria BWV989 (Bach). Sonata Opus 11 (Schumann). 3 Pieces from Opus 19 (Tchaikovsky). Toccata (Prokofiev).
ARTISTS: Emil Gilels      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Scarlatti recorded 22-Apr-57 Memorial Hall Farringdon Street London, others recorded 27-Feb-59 Concert Hall BBC London. - Classic CD Choice - 'great Solviet artist in BBC Studio recordings from the late 1950's' Classic CD Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 88697568872  (barcode: 0886975688722)
RECORD LABEL: Sony
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.49
RELEASE DATE: 01-Feb-2010

COMPOSER: Alexander Scriabin  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Live from Vienna
TRACKS: Prelude Opus 37/1. Prelude Opus 11/16. Dance languide Opus 51/4. Guirlandes Opus 73. Sonata for Piano Number 7 Opus 64 (Scriabin). Valses nobles et sentimentales : Modere tres franc / Assez lent / Modere / Assez anime / Presque lent / Vif / Moins vif / Epilogue - Lent (Ravel). Waldszenen Opus 82 : Eintritt / Jager auf der Lauer / Einsame Blumen / Verrufene Stelle / Freundliche Landschaft / Herberge / Vogel als Prophet / Jagdlied / Abschied (Schumann). Dante Sonata (Liszt). ENCORES - Sicilienne (JS Bach after Vivaldi) / Lullaby in a Storm (Tchaikovsky / Volodos). Feuille d'album Opus 45 Number 1 (Scriabin).
ARTISTS: Arcadi Volodos      

- May-2010 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Gramophone 2010 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: VAI1244  (barcode: 0089948124429)
RECORD LABEL: VAI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.39
RELEASE DATE: 20-Mar-2006

COMPOSER: Alexander Scriabin  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: My Father was Simon Barere
TRACKS: Interview of Boris Barere by Jacques Leiser and selected performances : Etude in D flat Major Opus 8 Number 10 (Scriabin). Gnomenreigen (Liszt). La leggierezza - Etude de concert Number 2 (Liszt). Etude for the Left Hand (Blumenfeld). Piano Concerto Number 1 in E flat Major last movement excerpt (Liszt). Toccata in C Major Opus 7 (Schumann). Impromptu Number 1 in A flat Major Opus 29 (Chopin). Islamey (Balakirev). Etude in D sharp minor Opus 8 Number 12 (Scriabin).
ARTISTS: Simon Barere      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1934-1947

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CATALOGUE NR: GEN03026  (barcode: 4260036250268)
RECORD LABEL: Genuin
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 07-Feb-2005

COMPOSER: Alfred Schnittke  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Sonatas for Violin and Piano
TRACKS: Sonata Number 3 (Schnittke). Sonata Number 2 opus 121 in D minor (Schumann). Sonata Number 2 opus 36a in E minor (Busoni).
ARTISTS: Klaus Schilde   Gertrud Schilde    

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CATALOGUE NR: VRS2061  (barcode: 8436009800617)
RECORD LABEL: Verso
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 15-Dec-2008

COMPOSER: Amilcare Ponchielli  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Duets for Oboe and Piano
TRACKS: Capriccio (Ponchielli). Gran Concerto sobre temas de la opera 'I vespri siciliani' (Antonio Pasculli). 3 Romanzen opus 94 (Robert Schumann). Adagio and Allegro in A-flat Major opus 70 (Schumann). Sonata for Oboe and Piano in D opus 166 (Saint-Saens). Morceau de Salon opus 228 (Kalliwoda).
ARTISTS: Riccardo Cecchetti   Eduardo Martinez Caballer    

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CATALOGUE NR: IMM960017  (barcode: 8712177052523)
RECORD LABEL: Immortal
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.49
RELEASE DATE: 10-Dec-2007

COMPOSER: Anton Arensky  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Ballet Miniatures
TRACKS: Egyptian Night / Carnival / Romeo and Juliet.
ARTISTS: Kirov Ballet      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: PAL / Region Code: 2

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CATALOGUE NR: 5628032  (barcode: 0724356280328)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Artists
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.65
RELEASE DATE: 01-Mar-2004

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Jacqueline Du Pre
TRACKS: Celo Concerto in B minor Opus 104 B191 (Dvorak). Cello Concerto in A minor Opus 129 (Schumann).
ORCHESTRA: Chicago Symphony Orchestra and New Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim
ARTISTS: Jacqueline Du Pre      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1970 and 1968 - Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4455742  (barcode: 0028944557428)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 21-Nov-1997

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor B191 Opus 104 (Dvorak). Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A minor Opus 129 (Schumann).
ORCHESTRA: Israel Philharmonic and Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Leonard Bernstein
ARTISTS: Mischa Maisky      

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CATALOGUE NR: DSL90908  (barcode: 0053479090829)
RECORD LABEL: Dorian Sono Luminus
FORMAT: 8 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 30.95
RELEASE DATE: 29-Mar-2010

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Complete Dorian Recordings
TRACKS: Piano Quartet Number 1 in D Major Opus 23 B53. Piano Quartet Number 2 in E-Flat Major Opus 87 B162 (Dvorak). Piano Quartet Number 1 in C Minor Opus 15. Piano Quartet Number 2 in G Minor Opus 45 (Faure). Piano Quartet in C Minor Opus 13 (Richard Strauss). Piano Quartet in A Minor Opus 66 (Charles-Marie Widor). Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major Opus 47 (Robert Schumann). Piano Quartet Number 1 in G Minor Opus 25 (Johannes Brahms). Rhapsody Opus 37 (Paul Juon). Piano Quartet in E Major Opus 20 (Sergei Taneyev). Polovetsian Dances : Polovetsian Dances (Alexander Borodin). Piano Quartet in A Minor Opus 1 (Joseph Suk). Piano Quartet in C Minor Opus 7 (Vitezslav Novak). Piano Quartet (Bohuslav Martinu). Piano Quartet in A Major Opus 30 (Ernest Chausson). Piano Quartet in B flat Major Opus 41 (Camille Saint-Saens).
ARTISTS: Ames Piano Quartet      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1989-2009

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CATALOGUE NR: 4716202  (barcode: 0028947162025)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.22
RELEASE DATE: 11-Mar-2002

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Mastercellist - Legendary Recordings 1956-78
TRACKS: includes - Cello Concerto (Dvorak). Cello Concerto (Schumann). Cello Sonata. Vocalise (Rachmaninov). Introduction and Polonaise (Chopin). Traumerei (Schumann).
CONDUCTOR: Herbert von Karajan and Gennady Rozhdestvensky
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich      

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 0927495172  (barcode: 0809274951724)
RECORD LABEL: Apex
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99
RELEASE DATE: 27-Jan-2003

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor B108 Opus 53 (Dvorak). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor Opus 129 (R Schumann).
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Eliahu Inbal and Christoph Eschenbach
ARTISTS: Thomas Zehetmair      

- Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: V5132  (barcode: 0822186051320)
RECORD LABEL: Naive
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.99
RELEASE DATE: 25-Aug-2008

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Symphony Number 9 in E Minor Opus 95 B178 'From The New World' (Dvorak). Konzertstuck for 4 Horns & Orchestra in F Major Opus 86 (Schumann).
ORCHESTRA: La Chambre Philharmonique
CONDUCTOR: Emmanuel Krivine

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CATALOGUE NR: AVI8553207  (barcode: 4260085532070)
RECORD LABEL: Avi Music
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.85
RELEASE DATE: 13-Sep-2010

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: String Sextet in A major opus 48 B80 (Dvorak). Fantasiestucke for clarinet and piano opus 73 (Schumann). 5 pieces in folk style for cello and piano opus 102 (Schumann). Fantasiestucke for clarinet flute harp and two violas (Schumann arr. Reimann). Solo for clarinet (Reimann).
ARTISTS: Christian Tetzlaff   Lars Vogt   Jorg Widmann   Gustav Rivinius

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CATALOGUE NR: 9559892  (barcode: 5099995598925)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Signature Collection
FORMAT: Hybrid 2 SACD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 15.79
RELEASE DATE: 02-Apr-2012

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Piano Concertos
TRACKS: Bayerisches StaatsOrchestra / Carlos Kleiber - Piano Concerto in G Minor Opus 33 B63 (Dvorak). Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo / Lovro von Matacic - Piano Concerto in A Minor Opus 16 (Grieg). Piano Concerto in A Minor Opus 54 (Schumann).
ORCHESTRA: Bayerisches Staatsorchester and Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte Carlo
CONDUCTOR: Carlos Kleiber and Lovro Matacic

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CATALOGUE NR: ONYX4092  (barcode: 880040409229)
RECORD LABEL: Onyx Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 24-Sep-2012

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Quintet for Piano and Strings in A opus 81 B155 (Dvorak). Quintet for Piano and Strings in E flat opus 44 (Schumann).
ARTISTS: Jonathan Biss   Elias String Quartet    

- Dec-2012 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The players manage to hold up certain telling phrases without falling into the all-too-common fallacy of applying ersatz "interpretation" simply by slowing down for the quiet bits.' - Dec-2012 IRR Outstanding Recording 'This coupling of two of the most beloved nineteenth-century works for piano and strings by the Elias String Quartet and Jonathan Bliss is one of the most enjoyable and compelling chamber music recordings released this year.'

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CATALOGUE NR: SIGCD322  (barcode: 635212032220)
RECORD LABEL: Signum Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 11-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Cello Concerto in B minor opus 104 B191 (Dvorak). Silent Woods (Dvorak). Cello Concerto in A minor opus 129 (Schumann).
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Vladimir Ashkenazy
ARTISTS: Jamie Walton      

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