Keeping Schumann sane: Mitsuko Uchida and the L.A. Phil deliver method over madness

Just how crazy was Robert Schumann? He was, without doubt, a peculiar and troubled composer who had suicidal tendencies and ended his days institutionalized. Then again, he was a quintessential 19th century Romantic. We need some focus.

Thursday night the Los Angeles Philharmonic began Gustavo…