A tortured Romantic genius — destined to die young — celebrates the beauty of nature and the majesty of a medieval cathedral. Robert and Clara Schumann arrived in the Rhineland city of Dusseldorf on 2 ...

This is the final instalment of Thomas Dausgaard's Schumann cycle with the Swedish Chamber orchestra. As on its two predecessors, the symphonies are interspersed with a couple of Schumann's overtures.

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. In fact, he just digs Schumann's style, and delivers his third and fourth symphonies large and lush.

The second instalment of Sakari Oramo's survey of Schumann's symphonies, with the orchestra that he took over three years ago, doesn't quite live up to the promise of the first. The sense of freshness ...

The extra energy and communication Gardiner gets from having all the players bar cellos, basses and timps standing – an idea expanded from Mendelssohn the conductor’s practice in Leipzig of keeping ...

Claves's survey of Schumann's piano music is proceeding at a leisurely rate. The first instalment appeared more than three years ago and now, in bicentenary year, we have reached Volume Four, ...

All this week, we'll be focusing our lens on the music of Robert Schumann and the lasting impact of his work. Leading the conversation is pianist Jonathan Biss, who's making a 30-concert project out ...

Paavo Järvi's pairing of the Spring and Rhenish symphonies follows recent Schumann cycles from Sakari Oramo and the Stockholm Philharmonic, and Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra.