Haoli Lin/Jianan Liu - Clara Schumann/Robert Schumann: Music for Violin and Piano

Between 1849 and 1853 Robert and Clara Schumann wrote a series of striking and imaginative works for violin and piano. Clara�s expressive Romanzen explores the violin�s lower and middle range, while Robert�s own set of the same name balances turbulence with melancholy. His concentration at this time on Hausmusik also led to the Fantasiest�cke, originally cast for clarinet, and the fairy-tale narratives of M�rchenbilder. The passionate complexity of the Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor suggests new musical paths the composer didn�t live to fully explore.