Schumann's Symphonies - A TV Essay

Produced in 1987, the one-hour television special "Schumann's Symphonies -
An Essay by Klaus Lindemann on the Schumann Cycle with Leonard Bernstein
and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra" explores Schumann's romanticism in
the light of the literature and visual arts of the times. The paintings of
Caspar David Friedrich - the epitome of German romanticism - provide
revealing parallels with Schumann, as well as the works of William Turner,
Delacroix, the Nazarene School, Constable, Géricault¿ "With Schumann," says
Lindemann, "we stand in the full flowering of Romanticism and gaze from one
peak to another." In addition to many new insights on Schumann and his
relationship to the visual and literary arts of his day, the program also
contains many excerpts from Schumann's four symphonies.

Composer:	Robert Schumann
Title:	Schumann's Symphonies - A TV Essay
Conductor:	Leonard Bernstein
Orchestra:	Wiener Philharmoniker
Video Director:	Klaus Lindemann
Genre:	Special
Length:	60 minutes
Cat.No.:	A05501495