The Pianism on Instagram: "Robert Schumann’s « Warum? » (Why?) played by Wilhelm Backhaus in March 1969, at home. This piece, No. 3 of the Fantasiestücke Op. 12 (1838), was one of Backhaus’ favorite encores. I believe Schumann was one of the first – if not the first – composers to put a question mark in a title. That tells us about the very personal way he conceived in music, as stories with different chapters and sections, one responding to the other. In this case, Warum? (No. 3) is the questio

Alfred Brendel, Schumann - Kreisleriana, Kinderszenen, Fantasiestücke Op. 12