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Composer of the Week: Schumann

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2: Early Days in Dusseldorf (1850-51) Schumann had his reservations about movingto Dusseldorf as municipal director of music, not least because of the proximity of a lunatic asylum. But his relationships with the municipal orchestra and choir- at least initially- were fruitful ones. With Donald Macleod.
FunfStucke im Volkston (Nos 1-3) Stephen Isserlis (cello),
Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
Symphony No 3 in E flat (Rhenish)
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Overture: Die Braut von Messina
Polish National Radio Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Johannes Wildner

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Cello:
Stephen Isserlis
Piano:
Christoph Eschenbach
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Conductor:
Johannes Wildner
Source: Radio Times

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