About This Song
About "Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 16, Pantalon et Columbine" by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Pantalon et Columbine is commedia dell’arte in miniature: Michelangeli pits brusque, angular gestures against coy, fluttering replies. The two figures chase each other across the keyboard with clockwork wit, their comic dance shadowed by a faint, unsettling mechanical chill.