Partituras para música de cámara de Robert Schumann

Although Schumann's first attempts at composing for this supreme form of chamber music in 1838/39 were only fragments, the three String Quartets op. 41 in a minor, F major and A major were written in...

The composition cost him his sleep. In October 1842, when Schumann had finished his piano quintet in a short period of time, he was physically and emotionally drained. The work in no way reflects this...

'In the evening we played Robert's E-flat major Quartet for the first time ... and I was once again truly delighted at this beautiful and so youthful work', enthused Clara Schumann in 1842. In prepara...

No romantic poetry and no concrete fairytale figure occasioned Schumann to write this composition. Today, we can assume that the title of the pieces, originally entitled 'Romances', was merely suppose...

The next I'll do is 3 violin quartets wrote Schumann to Clara Wieck in 1838, stating his reasons in a letter dated 17 March 1838: The thought of the quartets gives me pleasure. The piano is getting to...

2 Violins, 1 Viola, 1 Cello, 1 Contrabass

Schumann’s close collaboration with the David quartet, together with the valuable advice of his friend Mendelssohn Bartholdy, led the composer to make extensive changes to the Streichquartette op. 41...

The next I'll do is 3 violin quartets wrote Schumann to Clara Wieck in 1838, stating his reasons in a letter dated 17 March 1838: The thought of the quartets gives me pleasure. The piano is getting to...

Ein echt romantischer Titel, diese 'Märchenerzählungen'. Dabei dürfte das konkrete Märchen wohl kaum zu entdecken sein. Ganz offenkundig ist jedoch der erzählende, poetisch ausschmückende Tonfall, der...

'Andante und Variationen op. 46 für 2 Klaviere, 2 Celli und Horn': Eine derart ausgefallene Besetzung gibt es nicht nur bei Schumann nur einmal. Kein Wunder, dass das Stück erst einmal gar nicht gedru...

Schumanns Abendlied für Klavier zu 3 (!) Händen (Nr. 12 aus den 'Vierhändigen Klavierstücken' op. 85) erfreute sich im 19. Jahrhundert einer ungeheuer großen Beliebtheit, wie die stattliche Zahl der B...

'Andante und Variationen op. 46 für 2 Klaviere, 2 Celli und Horn': Eine derart ausgefallene Besetzung gibt es nicht nur bei Schumann nur einmal. Kein Wunder, dass das Stück erst einmal gar nicht gedru...

The Fairy-Tale Narratives (Märchenerzählungen) for B-flat Clarinet (ad libitum Violin), Viola and Piano, op. 132, belong to the few Schumann works that were composed, revised and published in a short...

The Fantasy Pieces op. 88 are Schumann's first contribution to the genre of the piano trio and date from his very prolific 'chamber music year' 1842. However, Schumann needed an unusually long time to...

Schumanns op. 56 ist ursprünglich für den damals neu entwickelten Pedalflügel komponiert, ein Instrument, das ähnlich wie die Orgel mit einem mit den Füßen zu bedienenden tiefen Register ausgestattet...

Five movements of an average of 2 minutes each make up this delightful double quartet. Each movement (Entrance, Haunted Spot, Solitary Flowers, The Bird as Prophet, and Hunter on the Watch) is a self...