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A Woman's Love and Life Op. 42
1840
Robert Schumann
I. Seit ich ihn gesehen ("Since I saw him")
II. Er, der Herrlichste von allen ("He, the noblest of all")
III. Ich kann’s nicht fassen, nicht glauben ("I cannot grasp or believe it")
IV. Du Ring an meinem Finger ("You ring upon my finger")
V. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern ("Help me, sisters")
VI. Süßer Freund, du blickest ("Sweet friend, you gaze")
VII. An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust ("At my heart, at my breast")
VIII. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan ("Now you have caused me pain for the first time")
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Popular compositions
- Bach: Mass B minor BWV 232
- Bach: St Matthew Passion BWV 244
- Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 Sz 112
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 E major op. 109
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 D minor op.125
- Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 D minor, Op. 108
- Britten: Billy Budd
- Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 D minor WAB 109
- Gershwin: Piano Concerto F major
- Gubaidulina: String Quartet No. 1
- Händel: Alcina HWV 34
- Händel: Semele HWV 58
- Korngold: The Miracle of Heliane, op. 20
- Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 E-flat Major
- Mozart: Symphony No. 41 C major K. 551, "Jupiter"
- Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
- Puccini
- Puccini
- Rossini: Petite messe solennelle
- Tschaikowsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme op.33
Popular composers
- Antonín Dvořák
- Béla Bartók
- Claude Debussy
- Dmitri Schostakowitsch
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
- Franz Liszt
- Franz Schubert
- Frédéric Chopin
- Georg Friedrich Händel
- Iannis Xenakis
- Igor Strawinsky
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Johannes Brahms
- Joseph Haydn
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Pjotr Tschaikowsky
- Richard Strauss
- Robert Schumann
- Sergei Prokofjew
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Popular conductors
- Andrés Orozco-Estrada
- Antonio Pappano
- Claudio Abbado
- Daniel Barenboim
- Dima Slobodeniouk
- François-Xavier Roth
- Hannu Lintu
- John Eliot Gardiner
- Jukka-Pekka Saraste
- Leonard Bernstein
- Mariss Jansons
- Matthias Pintscher
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt
- Paavo Järvi
- Philippe Herreweghe
- Pierre Boulez
- Riccardo Chailly
- Simon Rattle
- Ton Koopman
- Valery Gergiev
Popular soloists
- András Schiff
- Bernarda Fink
- Boris Giltburg
- Christa Ludwig
- Damien Guillon
- Daniel Barenboim
- Fazıl Say
- Gidon Kremer
- Isabelle Faust
- Janine Jansen
- Jean-Guihen Queyras
- Jewgeni Kissin
- Juan Diego Flórez
- Khatia Buniatishvili
- Martha Argerich
- Mstislaw Rostropowitsch
- Patricia Kopatchinskaja
- Renaud Capuçon
- Sol Gabetta
- Yuja Wang
Popular orchestras
- Berlin Philharmonic
- Ensemble intercontemporain
- France Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
- Frankfurt Radio Symphony
- Freiburger Barockorchester
- French National Orchestra
- Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Lucerne Festival Orchestra
- Orchestre de Paris
- Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- SWR Symphonieorchester
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
- Wiener Philharmoniker