On 14 October 1850, Robert and Clara Schumann played host to Mary Potts and her husband John Perkins in Düsseldorf. The visiting couple had married in New York just months early, and was looking to spend their honeymoon in Europe.

“Minors of the Majors” invites you to discover compositions by the great classical composers that for one reason or another have not reached the musical mainstream. Please enjoy, and keep listening! Robert and Clara Schumann had eight children, all born

Piano Trio No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 110: III. Rasch From Schumann: Violin Concerto (2015) Released by Harmonia Mundi Schumann: Piano Trio No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 110: III. RaschThis first volume in a trilogy comprising the complete

When Robert Schumann premiered his secular oratorio Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50 (Paradise and the Peri) in December 1843 in Leipzig, the composer was instantly catapulted from provincial to international fame. In the first decade after the composition,

Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6 No. 18. Nicht schnell From SCHUMANN, R.: Carnaval / Davidsbündlertänze / Papillons (Giltburg) (2015) Released by Naxos Schumann: Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6 – No. 18. Nicht schnellThe three works on this recording are collections of short pieces, strung

Robert Schumann composed in intense spurts of creative hyperactivity, generally focusing on a single genre. When he locked himself into his Düsseldorf study in October 1851, Clara Schumann excitedly reported in her diary. “Robert is working away on something new.

Abegg-Variationen, Op. 1: Finale alla Fantasia – Vivace From Robert Schumann: Variationen & Fantasiestucke / Andreas Staier (2014) Released by Harmonia Mundi Schumann: Abegg-Variationen, Op. 1: Finale alla Fantasia – VivaceThis third volume of Andreas Staier’s series devoted to the

Sonata op.11 in f sharp minor II. Aria From Robert Schumann : Drei Romanzen op. 28 – Sonata, op. 11 – Kinderszenen, op. 15 Released by Outhere Music Schumann: Sonata op.11 in f sharp minor – II. AriaThe first cd