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Chapter 37 - The Schumanns on Disc

from Part V - Reception and Legacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2025

Joe Davies
Affiliation:
New York University Abu Dhabi
Roe-Min Kok
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
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Summary

This chapter surveys recordings of the Schumanns’ music released since their bicentenaries (Clara’s in 2019, Robert’s in 2010) vis-à-vis trends in their reception history. The albums discussed represent a cross-section of styles and approaches, with several performers being long-standing champions of Clara’s music. Their strategies range from reappraising the relationship between Clara’s and Robert’s creativity, to reviving the ethos of nineteenth-century practices, namely mixed-genre programmes, and reimagining their music through improvisations, transcriptions, and contemporary commissions. Collectively, they recapture something of the Schumanns’ own context while offering varied ways of programming their music in the twenty-first century.

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  • The Schumanns on Disc
  • Edited by Joe Davies, New York University Abu Dhabi, Roe-Min Kok, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: Clara and Robert Schumann in Context
  • Online publication: 19 December 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108992626.038
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  • The Schumanns on Disc
  • Edited by Joe Davies, New York University Abu Dhabi, Roe-Min Kok, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: Clara and Robert Schumann in Context
  • Online publication: 19 December 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108992626.038
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  • The Schumanns on Disc
  • Edited by Joe Davies, New York University Abu Dhabi, Roe-Min Kok, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: Clara and Robert Schumann in Context
  • Online publication: 19 December 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108992626.038
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