About This Song
About "Kinderszenen, Op. 15 : Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 10. Fast zu ernst" by Wilhelm Kempff
Kempff distills Schumann's childlike reverie into a single, trembling breath. The piano feels like a music box wound too tight—tender melody against an undercurrent of adult melancholy. 'Fast zu ernst' indeed: almost too serious, a lullaby haunted by the knowledge that innocence fades.