Claudio Arrau Schumann Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op. 26 V Final

Today's Classical Corner.. Schumann!

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
was a German composer and influential music critic. He left the study of
Law, to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He may have become the
finest pianist in Europe, but a hand injury ended that dream, and
Schumann then focused his musical energies on composing, writing
exclusively for the piano until 1840, after which he among other things
composed also for chamber, orchestra, and vocal songs.
Schumann
suffered from a lifelong mental disorder, first manifesting itself in
1833. After a suicide attempt in 1854, Schumann was admitted to a mental
asylum, at his own request, and died sadly two years later in 1856.
To me, his music is vibrant, flowery, melodic, with a hint of mischievous melancholia (if there is such a thing).