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Documentary

  • Robert Schumann
    A Portrait

    Part I: "In the Lovely Month of May"
    Part I: "He Who Gives Way to Solitude"

    At the age of 20 Robert Schumann decided to dedicate himself to music. He became one of the greatest composers of the romanticism.

    This documentary covers Schumann's life from 1828 until his early death in 1856.
    Excerpts of productions with Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonics, Daniel Barenboim and the Munich Philharmonics under Sergiu Celibidache, András Schiff and Hermann Prey - just to name a few - show the versality of Schumann's enormous talent.

    Directed by Michael Fuehr
    2000 Digital Betacam
    Part  I – 52 minutes
    Part II – 58 minutes
    This film is also available in a short version with a total length of 60 minutes