Wearing a mask does not allow one to perfectly conceal everything. Sometimes, a mask reveals the multiple faces within us more clearly. Schumann’s piano suite *Carnaval* is a masquerade ball unfolded ...

In our daily series Armchair Arts, a Telegraph critic offers expert analysis. Today, Ivan Hewett looks at a sensual Romantic masterpiece Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an ...

Stephen Johnson tries to uncover the mysteries of Schumann's piano suite Carnaval, a work containing many musical puzzles and allusions. Show more Robert Schumann would definitely be a cryptic ...

Sonata for Piano No. 2 Jon Nakamatsu, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer For the remaining works on the disc, Nakamatsu turns to two of Schumann’s most potent sets of character pieces, both inspired by ...

Zurich resident pianist Wong in a solo recital wholly dedicated to Schumann. On Papillons, Carnaval, Scenes from Childhood and Arabesque he puts a spell on the listener. The both delicate and bucolic ...

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