Schumann - Die Innere StimmeThere are many biographies of Robert Schumann, but none that gives a real voice to his music and the life and the music of this great Romantic composer were connected in a particularly subtle way. This new release in the successful series of BR KLASSIK audio biographies contains approximately 150 excerpts from Schumann's works; carefully interwoven into his life story, they give voice to his inner world. The mysterious "inner voice" that Schumann

the master bassist of Van Morrison's Astral weeks fame (not to mention a jazz musician in his own right)

Jimmy Waldo

combined with the music makes for an experience that after the first listen leaves you with a melancholic longing to return to the Ostrobothnian darkness once more

and the inherent difficulty in choosing a life dedicated to artistic pursuit

The album - with it's pioneering New Wave production techniques - received rave reviews at the time

undisputed masterpieces of 20th-century chamber music

David Wilcox

and certainly not in one collection such as this

the group (which is named after the Duchess of Ferrara

principal violist of New York City Ballet

a division of Republic Records

and "Tain't Nice (To Talk Like That)"