Robert und Clara Schumann 1847

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Robert Schumann is still primarily known as a composer of piano and lieder and as a symphonic composer. In his later creative years, however, he saw the composition of choral music as an important focus of his work. Even today, it is important to discover a largely unknown Schumann, whose choral music masterfully combines popular appeal and artistic ambition. Carus offers Schumann's complete works for mixed choir and for female choir a cappella and with piano. They demonstrate his love of experimentation, his sensitivity in the selection and musical realisation of the texts and, last but not least, his independent choral style, which places particular emphasis on refined details in the composition. Personal details

The most famous female pianist of the 19th century, Clara Schumann, née Wieck, grew up in a musical family. She was strongly encouraged by her father – perhaps a little too strongly, considering that, without any further ado, he penned his daughter’s first diary entries himself. Even as the mother of eight children and wife of Robert Schumann, she continued her impressive career as a concert pianist. Clara Schumann composed numerous piano works, songs, works for chamber ensembles and a piano concerto.

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