Accompanying audio compact disc (79 min.) contains a recorded analysis of Schumann's Carnaval, a complete performance by pianist Ronald Brautigam of Schumann's Novelletten, and a promotional spot for the radio series The world of Robert Schumann; in pocket
Introduction. The company assembled -- "The extravagant gaze" : Romanticism -- "Establish the light!" : Early days and career conflicts -- "Intimate voices" : Florestan/Eusebius and the tonal analogue -- "We kindred spirits" : Schumann and his circle -- "Hail, wedded love" : Clara, courtship, and marriage -- "Multitudes of winged tomes" : the piano music -- "The poet's love" : the songs of Robert and Clara Schumann -- "A call to awaken" : the Schumann symphonies -- "A little Haus Musik" : the chamber music -- "Heaven sent" : the choral works -- "Now it grows dark" : last years and last works -- "Let us drink together of Lethe" : the Schumann problem -- "Der Dichter spricht" : aftermath and legacy -- Epilogue. A word with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
