Description: G. Henle Verlag presents Schumann's Carnaval Op.9, which is today one of the composer's most frequently played compositions for the piano. Modern listeners will hardly be in a position to notice that these extremely virtuosic and highly effective pieces reflect the story of an abandoned love affair while intimating the rebirth of a new and yet earlier one. The fact that the entire cycle is linked to figures from the commedia dell'arte only serves to cloud further the deeper connections.
