Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust / Thomas Hengelbrock

Setting Faust, Goethe's most extensive drama, seemed an insoluble task, and it was precisely for this reason that many composers felt strongly drawn to it. With his moods, which often verged on the manic, Robert Schumann was perhaps especially well suited to probe the tragic states of mind of Goethe's dubious hero.