About This Song
About "Kreisleriana, Op. 16 : Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: I. Äusserst bewegt" by Géza Anda
Schumann's Kreisleriana opens with 'Äusserst bewegt'—extremely moving—and the music indeed lurches with restless energy, a portrait of the eccentric Kapellmeister Kreisler. Géza Anda captures the wild swings between tenderness and agitation, each phrase a pendulum. The tension is palpable: a calm melody repeatedly ambushed by sudden, nervous outbursts, romantic longing forever at odds with manic impulse.
