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Amidst growing concerns for Robert's mental health, the Schumanns made the move in 1845 to Dresden, where he took to the podium as conductor of an amateur choir and, with Clara's assistance, led several performances of his own works. But his strange leadership did not always go down well with the choristers.

If musical life seemed dull, all that was about to change with the Dresden uprisings in 1849, after which Robert fled the city, leaving his pregnant wife Clara to brave the battleground and rescue their children to safety.

Six Fugues on the Name of BACH (No 2)
Olivier Latry (organ)
SK 57490 - Tr 12

Nachtlied, Op 108
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Archiv 457 660-2, CD 1 - Tr 2

Piano Trio No 2 in F
Florestan Trio
Hyperion CDA 67063 - Trs 5-8

Cathedral Scene (Scenes from Goethe's Faust)
Mephistopholes ...... Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass)
Gretchen ...... Karita Mattila (soprano)
Tolz Boys' Choir
Swedish Radio Choir
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
S2K 66308, CD 1 - Tr 4.